Appropriate Spiritual Care by Physicians: A Theological Perspective

Pembroke, Neil

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“…[21] For the purposes of this introduction, it suffices to say that a definition of spirituality should at least include the notions of a 'quality' , a 'journey' , a 'relationship' and a 'capacity' . [11,[22][23] The World Psychiatric Association, [24] for example, refers to a definition of spirituality, as quoted by Schneiders, [25] as: 'Spirituality comprises awareness, an experience of something that surpasses ordinary observation and perception.…”

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Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

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Corresponding author: A B R Janse van Rensburg (bernardj@gpg.gov.za) Background. Referral between psychiatrists and spiritual workers (e.g. Christian pastoral care workers, traditional healers, imams, rabbis and others) in the heterogeneous South African (SA) society is complicated and requires investigation to establish appropriate norms. Objective. To capture the views of some local psychiatrists on referral and collaboration between SA psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers. Methods. This explorative qualitative study involved in-depth, semistructured interviews with 13 local academic psychiatrists selected through purposive sampling. Each participant had a single interview with the aim of exploring themes related to the referral and collaboration process between psychiatrists and spiritual advisers. Theme content analysis of interview transcripts was done. Results for one of the six identified themes are reported; other results are reported elsewhere. Results. Within the theme 'referral and collaboration between psychiatrists and spiritual professionals' , three subthemes were identified: facilitating appropriate referral and intervention for individual users; information sharing and mutual awareness between disciplines; and addressing stigmatisation of users with psychiatric conditions. Conclusion. Dialogue between psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers should be developed on an individual practitioner and facility basis, as well as on an organised basis between representative societies. The process of formalising a relationship between local psychiatrists and different spiritual workers may, however, still have some way to go. S Afr J Psych

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“…The proponents of quantitative studies emphasise the contribution quantitative studies make to the understanding of spirituality in terms of demonstrating positive associations between spirituality and health outcomes and quality of life as well as in evaluating the prevalence of various aspects of spirituality. However, critics of such methods have warned against the "naturalistic fallacy" of quantitative studies in spirituality [67,68]. They argue that the various components of spirituality such as meaning and hope cannot be quantified and that such studies can only produce a fragmented understanding of spirituality.…”

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History, Culture and Traditions: The Silent Spaces in the Study of Spirituality at the End of Life

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2016

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Recent increase in the number of studies on spirituality manifests growing recognition of the importance of spirituality, as well as mounting interest in studying spirituality in healthcare. Most studies on spirituality in end of life care focus on identifying specific features of spirituality and often represent an individualistic understanding of spirituality. They seldom engage in a historical-cultural exploration of the contextual meanings of those features of spirituality. This paper aims to demonstrate the absence of contextual factors in studying spirituality at the end of life and to highlight the growing recognition of the importance of history, culture and traditions as resources to enrich our understanding of spirituality. An exploration of the concept of spirituality, an overview of the trajectory of the study of spirituality and a review of existing methodological stances reveal the silent space in current approaches to understanding spirituality at the end of life. Recognition of the importance of these contextual factors in understanding spirituality is growing, which is yet to influence the conceptualization and the conduct of spirituality research. Contextual understandings of spirituality that incorporate insights from the history, culture and traditions of specific contexts can inform effective means for providing spiritual support in clinical practice.

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“…According to Bienenfeld and Yager (2007), spirituality at its broadest is a person's attempt to make sense of his/her world beyond the tangible and temporal. Pembroke (2008) wrote that religion is a social and cultural structure or construct. Religions embrace a myth that seeks to explain where humanity comes from and what the purpose of human life is; the moral duties that people must embrace and what our destiny is.…”

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Defining and Measuring Spirituality in South African Specialist Psychiatry

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To define the meaning of "spirituality" in a South African phenomenological, theory-generating qualitative inquiry, theory construction methodology was used. This refers to the tradition of nursing theory development, where a central core concept identified from the integrated data-in this case, interviews and the literature content-had to be defined. A major focus of the study was to distinguish spirituality from religion. The denotative and connotative meanings of "spirituality" were explored to establish the components for a definition. The attributes of this definition included that spirituality constitutes a "quality", a "journey", a "relationship" as well as a "capacity". While these items derived from this local definition of spirituality can be proposed for inclusion in a questionnaire for measuring spirituality in a South African context, the limits of the scope of the explorative qualitative inquiry from which it was derived must be considered.

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Appropriate Spiritual Care by Physicians: A Theological Perspective

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

History, Culture and Traditions: The Silent Spaces in the Study of Spirituality at the End of Life

Defining and Measuring Spirituality in South African Specialist Psychiatry

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