Exploring Hope in Spiritual Care (eBook)

A Practical Theological Guide for Chaplains

Laura Shay (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
104 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78450-987-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Patients who are at the end of life can often feel hopelessness and despair. This book enables those who provide spiritual care to cultivate hope in patients, beyond hope for a cure. Using a framework of the different dimensions to hope, the book suggests creative spiritual care that can help patients prepare for the best possible end of life.

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Hope is a central topic in spiritual care. This short book explores what hope can mean for patients who are at the end of life, beyond hoping that a treatment will be effective. It suggests ways in which creative spiritual care can enable patients and those who care for them to develop different kinds of hope and move past despair. The author identifies four dimensions of hope and suggests ways in they can be nurtured and cultivated through theological reflection, connectivity, meditation and the arts. These dimensions of hope provide a framework for thorough spiritual assessment and for the development of a plan of care. In turn, being prepared for death removes feelings of hopelessness and despair. This book will inspire new ways to feed the human spirit when a cure is no longer an option.

Autor

Laura Shay was a nurse for thirty years and is now a board certified chaplain. She currently works in end of life care as a hospice chaplain.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.12.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Schlagworte: care planning • Donald Capps • end-of-life care • healthcare chaplaincy • Hope • Jürgen Moltmann • Palliative Care • spiritual assessment • Spiritual Care • theology of hope
• ISBN-10: 1-78450-987-6 / 1784509876
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-987-3 / 9781784509873