Spirituality, Health, and Wholeness: An Introductory Guide for Health Care Professionals

ISBN-13: 9780789014962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 196 str.

Siroj Sorajjakool; Henry H. Lamberton

Opis

Exploring the principles of spiritual care as applied to clinical practice, including perspectives on the theology of healing, the connection between body and spirit and the roles of faith and meaning, this book offers practical suggestions on how to apply these principles throughout the healing process.

Spis treści

• About the Editors
  
• Contributors
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction: The Resurgence of Interest in Spirituality and Health
  
• PART I: THEORY
  
• Chapter 1. Toward a Theology of Healing of Wholeness: A Tentative Model for Whole Person Care (Richard Rice)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Ministryhealing in the Life of Jesus
  
• Ministryhealing in Our Lives
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Chapter 2. Mind, Body, Spirit: Exploring the Mind, Body, and Spirit Connection Through Research on Mirthful Laughter (Lee S. Berk)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Background of the Studies
  
• Humor and the Neuroendocrine and Immune Systems
  
• Research Findings
  
• Anticipation of Positive Humor/Mirthful Laughter Experiences: A Metaphor for the Spirit of Hope
  
• Conclusion
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Chapter 3. Spirituality and Coping with Trauma (Brenda Cole, Ethan Benore, and Kenneth Pargament)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Definitions
  
• The Spirituality and Coping Connection
  
• Beyond Stereotypes
  
• The Two Faces of Spiritual Coping: Negative and Positive
  
• Assessing Spiritual Integration
  
• Clinical Implications
  
• Conclusion
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Chapter 4. Faith, Illness, and Meaning (Siroj Sorajjakool and Bryn Seyle)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Meaning and Illness
  
• Faith
  
• Faith and Illness
  
• Faith, Transformation, and Cancer Patients
  
• Spiritual Care
  
• Conclusion
  
• Guided Questions
  
• PART II: PRAXIS
  
• Chapter 5. Spiritual Care: Basic Principles (James Greek)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Twelve Suggestions for a Spiritual Visit
  
• Summary
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Chapter 6. Spiritual Care of the Dying and Bereaved (Carla Gober)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Difficult News
  
• The Bereavement Process
  
• Religious, Spiritual, and Cultural Issues
  
• Follow-Up Care
  
• The Medical Professional
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Chapter 7. Health, Wholeness, and Diversity: Intercultural Engagement in Health Care (Johnny Ramírez-Johnson)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Diversity in America
  
• Racial Discrimination and the American Health Care System
  
• Case Studies
  
• A Diverse Vision of Wholeness in Health Care
  
• Chapter 8. Working with Difficult Patients: Spiritual Care Approaches (Leigh Aveling, Siroj Sorajjakool, and Reginald Pulliam)
  
• Objectives
  
• Introduction
  
• Contexts
  
• Spirituality and Difficult Patients
  
• Conclusion
  
• Guided Questions
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Henry Lamberton, Siroj Sorajjakool