Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality Into Health Care

by Betty Ferrell and Christina M. Puchalski

Book Overview

In the last fifteen years, the field of palliative care has experienced a surge in interest in spirituality as an important aspect of caring for seriously ill and dying patients. While spirituality has been generally recognized as an essential dimension of palliative care, uniformity of spiritual care practice has been lacking across health care settings due to factors like varying understandings and definitions of spirituality, lack of resources...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159947350X
• ISBN13: 9781599473505
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Templeton Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"