The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life

by Nancy Cobb, Mark Cobb

Overview

Spirituality is often represented as the fourth pillar of palliative care and yet it is often the least developed area in terms of both theory and practice. Originating from the author's clinical and teaching experience, this book explores the issues and practical implications of spirituality in care, describing how spirituality is experienced and expressed, and looks at the impact of terminal illness. Issues of training, policy and practice are addressed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780335200535
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Facing Death Series
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

	Series editor's preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	1
	The palliative care quadrilateral	1
	Spiritual care, pastoral care and Christianity	4
	The book in outline	7
1	Understanding spirituality	11
	Being specific	13
	Science, medicine and spirituality	19
	Transcendence and the nature of spirituality	22
	Soul	25
	The challenge of spirituality	29
2	Expressions of the spiritual	31
	Religion	32
	Sacred and secular	41
	Spirituality of a new age	44
3	Dying and death: a spiritual place?	48
	Death is nothing	50
	Facing death	53
	The rituals of death	56
	After death	60
4	Who cares for the spirit?	65
	Recognizing a need	67
	Chaplains	70
	Nurses	74
	Spiritual care and the team approach	78
5	The place of spirituality in palliative care	83
	Is spirituality intrinsic to palliative care?	84
	The organization of spirituality	88
	New directions in spiritual care	93
6	A professional approach to spiritual care	101
	Professional practice	102
	Standards of care	107
	Knowledge, skills and training	110
7	Developing spiritual care	118
	Spiritual pluralism	118
	The presence of religion	120
	Exploring death	122
	Spiritual care by whom?	124
	The directions of spiritual care	126
	A professional spiritual care?	128
	Conclusion	130
	References	136
	Index	143