Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: Reaching National and International Consensus

Abstract

conference built on the 2012 conference to produce a set of standards and recommended strategies for integrating spiritual care across the entire health care continuum, not just palliative care. Deliberations were based on evidence that spiritual care is a fundamental component of high-quality compassionate health care and it is most effective when it is recognized and reflected in the attitudes and actions of both patients and health care providers.

Spirituality and Dignity of Thai Adolescents Living with HIV

“…Spirituality is a broad concept comprising of several key attributes, meaning and purpose, transcendence, connectedness, relationships and religiosity (Puchalski et al 2014). There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that spirituality can play a key role in nurturing good health, healing, and well-being (Koenig et al 2012) because spirituality confers inner strength, comfort, peace, wellness, and wholeness (Narayanasamy 2001).…”

“…The concepts of spirituality and dignity are not used explicitly in Thai culture because these are seen as integral to the delivery of holistic care; these two terms/words were not used directly with participants in the interviews. Thematic analysis enabled the identification of attributes of spirituality (Puchalski et al 2014; Royal College of Nursing 2011) and dignity, as defined in Western healthcare (Tranvåg et al 2016) in the participants' responses to gain an understanding of how these may support adolescents living with HIV to achieve meaning and purpose in life.…”

Nurses’ Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Different Health Care Settings in the Netherlands

“…Recently, an agreement was reached about the following definition of spirituality within the context of palliative care: spirituality is a dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and experience relationships to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred. Spirituality is expressed through beliefs, values, traditions, and practices [9].…”

Spirituality in the occupational therapy community fieldwork process: A qualitative study in the South African context

“…Similarly, the participants indicated that the community entry enabled them to feel that they were part of the community. Drawing from previous studies, Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a process whereby communities build networking relationships, locating the assets, skills and capacities of citizens and local organisations, rather than focusing on their needs and deficits 3,35 . Additionally, the aim of ABCD is to help people to improve their resilience, independence and well-being by focusing on what can be done through communities working together.…”