Spiritual Assessment in Healthcare Practice

Wilf McSherry and Linda Ross's new edited text tackles this very issue with contributors from different disciplines (including nursing, medicine, theology and chaplaincy) and countries (UK, USA, Malta) offering their own perspectives on this important part of care. Each chapter, therefore, has its own unique style but is concerned with one outcome, to see spiritual assessment and care as an integral part of holistic care whatever the setting.

Contents include:

Introduction - Linda Ross & Wilfred McSherry

Why the increasing interest in spirituality within healthcare? - Linda Ross

The meanings of spirituality: a multi-perspectival approach to 'the spiritual' - John Swinton

Recognising spiritual needs - Aru Narayanasamy

Spiritual Assessment: definition, categorisation and features - Wilfred McSherry

The spiritual history: an essential element of patient centred care - Christina Puchalski

Indicator based and value clarification tools - Donia Baldacchino

Assessing and improving the quality of spiritual care - Mark Cobb

Dilemmas of spiritual assessment - Chris Johnson

Considerations for the future of Spiritual Assessment - Linda Ross and Wilf McSherry