Attitudes of stakeholders and policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care in Israel
N Bentur, S Resnitzky, A Sterne - Health Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Spiritual-care services and chaplaincy in the medical system are
provided to people with serious illnesses, aiming to help them achieve moments of peace
and acceptance while contending with illness or facing death. Chaplaincy has been
available in Europe and in the US for many decades, but such programs started to develop
in Israel only few years ago. This paper examines the attitudes of stakeholders, directors and
policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care and the …
provided to people with serious illnesses, aiming to help them achieve moments of peace
and acceptance while contending with illness or facing death. Chaplaincy has been
available in Europe and in the US for many decades, but such programs started to develop
in Israel only few years ago. This paper examines the attitudes of stakeholders, directors and
policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care and the …