ABSTRACT

Few areas in life have experienced the rapid pace of change that has been the experience of health care. It's an area where nothing feels "safe" and everything is threatened with reexamination and redefinition. Accompanying this situation is a new appreciation for the human spirit and the gift of things spiritual, including the soul of the work place. Addressing this situation is a vital new book "Health Care and  Spirituality: Listening, Assessing, Caring" an anthology of the human predicament, the health care professional's story and the health care work place. "Health Care and  Spirituality" explores this area that is continually being introduced to new treatments, new challenges, new people, new regulations, new expectations, and new time limits.

part Section 1|50 pages

Health Care and Spirituality: Professional Perspectives

part Section 2|53 pages

Health Care and Spirituality: Belief System Perspectives

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

Dying and Grieving are Journeys of the Spirit

chapter Chapter 7|13 pages

The Roman Catholic Patient

chapter Chapter 8|15 pages

The Jewish Patient

part Section 3|55 pages

Health Care and Spirituality: Ethnic and Gender Perspectives

chapter Chapter 9|21 pages

The Native American Patient

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

The Male Patient

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

The Female Patient

chapter Chapter 12|7 pages

The Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgendered Patient

part Section 4|129 pages

Health Care and Spirituality: Patient Perspectives

chapter Chapter 14|9 pages

The Chronically Ill Patient

chapter Chapter 15|12 pages

The HIV-AIDS Patient: Holier Than Thou

chapter |1 pages

Variance

chapter Chapter 16|8 pages

The Alzheimer’s Patient

chapter Chapter 17|24 pages

The Obstetrics Patient

chapter Chapter 18|9 pages

The Trauma Patient

chapter Chapter 19|12 pages

The Addicted Patient

chapter Chapter 20|11 pages

The Terminally Ill Pediatric Patient*

chapter Chapter 21|12 pages

The Terminally Ill Adult Patient

chapter |2 pages

Symphony