... information about the patient’s spiritual needs. Supporting a patient’s religious faith or spirituality begins with spiritual screening, which allows you to quickly determine the patient’s spiritual health.
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... dimension. For them, receiving medical care is part of a bigger picture that involves their spirituality and/or religious faith. As they face the anxiety of a life-limiting illness, patients may turn...
... religious beliefs and practice support me in my palliative care work. I find it easy to talk about spirituality and religious faith with my patients. I also pray with them when they request it. However,...
... as I can remember Maureen had always wanted to be a nun. From early childhood, she had a sense of spirituality about her. We were a very Catholic family. We went to Mass on Sunday, and over Sunday breakfast...
... for them. Pico Iyer describes the charnel grounds along the banks of the Ganges in this way: “Spirituality in Varanasi lies precisely in the poverty and sickness and death that it weaves into its unending...
... in fact, the quality of my relationships the key to everything I hold significant. My notions of spirituality are personal and serve me well. I am at peace. I have not shared them with any intent to be...
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