
Spiritual Care in Common Terms
How Chaplains Can Effectively Describe the Spiritual Needs of Patients in Medical Records
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Encouraging a broad, compassionate, humanistic approach to spirituality, this book shows how patients' spiritual needs can be communicated well within interdisciplinary teams, helping to better direct medical care and leading to improved patient wellbeing. The book includes practical information on how to distil spiritual needs into pragmatic language. Drawing on his extensive practical experience, the author also suggests key points to emphasize that will enrich chart notes for medical records, including brief, relative narratives, trusting one's own impressions, reflecting holistically on th...
Encouraging a broad, compassionate, humanistic approach to spirituality, this book shows how patients' spiritual needs can be communicated well within interdisciplinary teams, helping to better direct medical care and leading to improved patient wellbeing. The book includes practical information on how to distil spiritual needs into pragmatic language. Drawing on his extensive practical experience, the author also suggests key points to emphasize that will enrich chart notes for medical records, including brief, relative narratives, trusting one's own impressions, reflecting holistically on the patient's life, patient attitudes towards treatment and recovery, and describing families' opinions on the health care situation of their loved one.