Spiritual Vulnerability, Spiritual Risk and Spiritual Safety—In Answer to a Question

‘Why Is Spirituality Important within Health and Social Care?’ at the ‘Second International Spirituality in Healthcare Conference 2016—Nurturing the Spirit.’ Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

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ID16902003
AuthorsPaul Keenan (0000-0002-2493-4145, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume8
Issue3
Pages38
Publication date2017-03-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel8030038
OpenAlexW2595228271
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

In offering an answer to the question, ‘Why is spirituality important within health and social care?’ this paper articulates views on the concepts ‘Spiritual Vulnerability,’ ‘Spiritual Risk’ and ‘Spiritual Safety’ and argues for the centrality of spirituality within holistic, person-centred professional health and social care. It proceeds to offer a definition of Spiritual Safety and then goes on to highlight how the patient being and feeling spiritually safe and how professional carers enabling spiritual safety can reduce spiritual vulnerability and spiritual risk; and may be seen as essential aspects of professional holistic care

Alternative medicine · Centrality · Engineering ethics · Feeling · Health care · Political science · Sociology · Spiritual care · Spiritual Health · Spirituality · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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