Treating Body and Soul

A Clinicians' Guide to Supporting the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Needs of Their Patients

AvPeter Wells

E-bok

Engelska, 2017

306 kr

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Beskrivning

Patients who are facing illness and uncertainty often find themselves reflecting on the bigger questions in life, and the core beliefs or principles they live by. These convictions, religious or otherwise, are integral to a patient's identity, and consequently to their most fundamental emotional and spiritual needs. Perceptive clinicians have proved that, by recognising and working with their patients' spiritual requirements, they have been able to significantly improve their patients' experience in the medical setting.In this book, these select clinicians reveal their medical perspective on the importance of bringing together the body and soul for effective healthcare. Sharing their own personal styles of enquiry into individuals' requirements, they explain how they identify their patients' needs, and how they utilise this knowledge to advise the rest of their team and enhance their ability to provide excellent, attentive care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-21
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781784504175
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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Peter Wells is Lead Chaplain at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. He was previously a hospice chaplain and Head of Allied Health Professionals. He is involved in teaching medical students, nurses and non-clinical staff.

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Academic research is making the case that good spiritual care can and does have positive health benefits. In this book, Peter Wells allows clinicians to explain, from their direct clinical experience, what they think spiritual care is and why they believe it matters. This is a rare opportunity that will inform practice and debate.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Peter Wells. 1. Spirituality and the ethics of professional responsibility - Bobbie Farsides. 2. General practice: The soul of the matter - Jo DeBono. 3. Mental health - Tim Ojo and Andy Nutall. 4. Gynaecology: Care for the whole - Peter Larson-Disney. 5. Neonatal care - Cathy Garland. 6. Paediatric: The unfinished consultation - Somnath Mukhopadhyay. 7. Radiotherapy, head and neck: Chicken or nuns - Pat Shields. 8. Dementia: How the humanities can help us confront the demons of practice - Muna Al-Jawad. 9. Renal: Advanced kidney failure - Adam MacDiarmaid-Gordon. 10. Stroke: The heart of the matter - Nicola Gainsborough. 11. Palliative care in the community: Looking in 'hidden places' - assessing spiritual pain and distress - Nigel Spencer and Rachel Reed. Afterword - Peter Wells.