Spiritual care in Israel: the future is now

Kinzbrunner, Barry M.; Kinzbrunner, Bryan D

doi:10.1186/2045-4015-3-32

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“…In a commentary by Kinzbrunner and Kinzbrunner, the emerging field of spiritual care in Israel recognises the importance of a wide range of healthcare professionals, to include nurses, social workers and rabbis, in providing spiritual care to those with oncological or palliative diagnoses [5]. It may be appropriate to involve this same group of care providers should a similar advance care planning tool be adopted in Israel.…”

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Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision maker

Arora

Cummings

Crome

2016

Isr J Health Policy Res

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With vast improvements in healthcare in recent decades, people are living longer but often with higher rates of morbidity and chronic illnesses. This has resulted in a higher proportion of the population who may benefit from early end-of-life ‘conversation and planning’, but also gives healthcare professionals more time during which these discussions are relevant, as people live longer with their chronic diseases. A survey conducted by Lifshitz et al (Isr J Health Policy Res 5:6, 2016) sought to assess physician awareness and willingness to discuss designating a proxy decision-maker with patients, in order to aid end-of-life care in the event that the patient is rendered unable to make or communicate these decisions later in life.Their article suggests that proxy decision-maker designation is only one aspect of end-of-life care; a challenging area littered with ethical and moral dilemmas. Without early, open and frank discussions with patients regarding their wishes at the end of life, proxy decision-makers may be in no better position than physicians or a court appointed proxy to make decisions in the patients’ best interests/benefits. This commentary also touches upon the use of health and care passports being developed or in early phases in the United Kingdom, and whether these may be utilised in the field of palliative care in Israel.

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Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision maker

Arora

Cummings

Crome

2016

Isr J Health Policy Res

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“…The effort to develop chaplaincy services in Israel has been spearheaded by Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC), a membership-based organization for Jewish chaplains headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, in collaboration with a number of other Israeli groups, organizations, and individuals (Kinzbrunner and Kinzbrunner, 2014; Tabak, 2010). This brief report presents the findings of a survey of Israeli chaplains affiliated with NAJC (for the purposes of this paper, we shall refer to livui ruhani as chaplains).…”

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A Look at Israel’s Next Generation of Spiritual and Pastoral Care Providers

Kopacz

Feldstein

Asekoff³

et al. 2016

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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This brief report looks at the demographics as well as professional background and experiences of a sample of Israeli chaplains. An online survey was distributed to 39 Israeli chaplains, yielding a response rate of n = 6 (15.4%). The findings notably highlight the role of women as chaplains, supporting a religiously diverse population, and differing perspectives on the functional role of a chaplain. These findings could help facilitate discussion and future research into chaplaincy services in Israel.

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Three Short Case Studies of Non?Religious Spiritual Care

Almog¹,

Shafrir²,

Shavit

et al. 2021

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Unlike Western countries with a majority of Protestant citizens, initiatives in the field of spiritual care provision in Israel have involved mostly lay leadership and secular individuals from their very inception, rather than clergy and religious adherents. This religiously neutral position made it easier for spiritual care to be accepted across the varied sub-populations that compose the unique mosaic of Israeli culture. Adhering to a religiously neutral approach led to the use of a broader set of tools in order to reach people in their time of distress. Currently, there are about 130 certified spiritual caregivers in Israel who graduated from four accredited training programs. This article describes three short case studies, in which we can see the benefits of three such neutral approaches – connecting with nature, gentle touch, and non-theistic personal prayer.

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Spiritual care in Israel: the future is now

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision maker

Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision maker

A Look at Israel’s Next Generation of Spiritual and Pastoral Care Providers

Three Short Case Studies of Non?Religious Spiritual Care

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