To deliver spiritual care, professionals must be skilled in physical, mental, social, and
spiritual care. Spiritual care competence includes knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and skills …

Spiritual care requires understanding the spiritual experiences of patients and recognizing
their resources and needs. Therefore, educators and practitioners should develop their …

Spirituality is a dimension of personhood, a part of our being. An important aspect of
spirituality is maintaining balanced relationships/connections with oneself, others, nature …

Background S piritual care is an essential domain of quality palliative care as determined by
the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP, 2009) 1 and the National …

Abstract Background The EAPC White Paper addresses the issue of spiritual care education
for all palliative care professionals. It is to guide health care professionals involved in …

Spiritual care is an essential part of quality palliative care. However, the literature regarding
spiritual care competencies in Latin America is limited. Herein we propose the basic quality …

In 1948, Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement, established
a core principle of palliative care, Total Pain, which is defined as physical, spiritual …

Despite an empirical evidence for spiritual care as part of palliative care, R/S remains
insufficiently addressed by the medical system. Further research is required in order to more …

The delivery of spiritual and religious care has received a high profile in national reports,
guidelines and standards since the start of the millennium, yet there is, to date, no …

Assessment of spiritual suffering and provision of spiritual care are a central component of
palliative care (PC). Unfortunately, many PC clinicians, like most medical providers, have …