Making Health Care Whole

by Puchalski MD, Christina; Ferrell, Betty RN, PhD

• ISBN13: 9781599473505
• ISBN10: 159947350X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Pr

Summary

In order to address shortcomings in the field of palliative care, more than forty spiritual and palliative care experts gathered for a national conference to discuss guidelines for incorporating spirituality into clinical practice. Their consensus findings form the basis of Making Health Care Whole. This important new work will serve as both a scholarly review of the field as well as a practical resource. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Christina Puchalski, MD, is executive director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
(GWISH). She is on the editorial board of several palliative care journals and has served as chair or co-chair of several major conferences and initiatives in spirituality and health. She is the author of Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying (Oxford).

Betty Ferrell is a research scientist at the City of Hope National Medical Center in California. She has devoted over thirty years to oncology nursing and research in the areas of quality of life, palliative care, and spiritual care. In 2007, Dr. Ferrell completed a master’s degree in theology, ethics, and culture from Claremont Graduate University and, in 2009, she and Dr. Puchalski led a national consensus conference on improving the quality of spiritual care in palliative care.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xxi
Introduction and Overview
Why Spirituality in Palliative Care	p. 3
Guidelines/Preferred Practices for Spiritual Care	p. 17
Spirituality: Denning the Concept	p. 21
Background: Historical Context of Spirituality in Palliative Care	p. 26
Professional Standards for Spiritual Care	p. 33
Recommendations For Implementing Ncp Guidelines and Nqf Preferred Practices
Spiritual Care Models	p. 55
Spiritual History Taking and Assessment of Patients and Families	p. 74
The Spiritual Treatment or Care Plan	p. 103
Interprofessional Considerations: Roles and Team Functioning	p. 140
Training and Certification	p. 155
Personal and Professional Development	p. 165
Quality Improvement	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 181
Acknowledgments	p. 183
Definitions Related to Spiritual Care	p. 191
Sample Spiritual Histories and Assessments	p. 198
Examples of Spiritual Screening Questions That Can Be Integrated into Hospital Intake Forms	p. 206
Spirituality Cases	p. 207
Professional Chaplaincy	p. 220
Listing of Research Instruments	p. 224
Listing of Curricula in Spirituality and Health	p. 228
Spirituality Centers and Other Relevant Websites	p. 229
References	p. 233
Index	p. 255
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