Understanding, assessing, and intervening in the spiritual nature of medical events

Theological and theoretical perspectives

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ID20242500
AuthorsSimon Lasair (0000-0002-7368-2183, Spiritual Care and Mission Effectiveness, Samaritan Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume11
Issue5
Pages374-386
Publication date2018-10-20
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePractical Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-073X • E-ISSN: 1756-0748
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1756073x.2018.1528749
OpenAlexW2895062252
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

That professional spiritual care practitioners are required to work in and communicate in secular healthcare is an increasing reality in this profession. However, the theological nature of spiritual care practitioners’ work does not always lend itself to easy translation into terms standard to healthcare. This is in part due to healthcare’s universal dependence on empirical science to determine its norms of care. Spiritual care practitioners therefore need to find ways to describe and justify their practices for other healthcare professionals. This article seeks to do precisely this by articulating a philosophical theory about the spiritual nature of medical events. This article furthermore develops a clinical tool for assessing a client’s progress in integrating the event into the fabric of their life. The result is there is now a way forward for understanding spiritual care practitioners’ theological work in secular contexts

Epistemology · Theology · Ethics in medical practice · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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