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This innovative book draws together a wide range of multidisciplinary research to illuminate how the helping professions can provide person-centred spiritual care to their patients in a health emergency, making use of new digital technologies alongside more established modes of care.Drawing on primary research undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, and including vignettes from practitioners around the world, this book explores: the need for culturally competent spiritual caredifferent perspectives on spirituality from philosophy and religion, including posthumanist theoriesthe necessity for culturally competent and compassionate spiritual care in health settings, during health disasters and emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemicthe development of a strategy for delivering culturally competent spiritual care in circumstances of major health disasters and the training of staffethics and moral injury, and equality diversity and inclusion in the provision of spiritual careopinions and lived experiences from health, social, and pastoral care professionals about spiritual care in health settingsthe use of new digital and artificially intelligent technologies to provide spiritual care during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential use in upcoming health disastersCulturally Competent Spiritual Care during Health Disasters and Emergencies is an important contribution to the literatures on spiritual care, disaster healthcare, culturally competent healthcare, and technology in healthcare. It is ideal for researchers and practitioners within health and social care, and pastoral care.

Throughout the world, vulnerable people are being deceived into entering abusive journeys. Whether in the organ trade, exploitative labour businesses or forced criminality, their lives will never be the same.This book traces the journey of victims/survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking into and within the UK, from recruitment to representation to (re)integration. Using global comparative case studies, it discusses recruitment tactics and demand, prevention in supply chains, issues with effective legal protection and care services and vulnerability to re-trafficking. It also examines the ideological misrepresentation of vulnerable migrants and victims/survivors in media, the film industry, legislation and more. Rooted in diverse practitioner experience, disciplines and empirical research, this book bridges the experience-research-practice-policy gap by bringing to the fore survivors’ voices. In doing so, it offers crucial suggestions for better public awareness, policies and practices that will impact interventions in the UK and beyond.