A Quantifiable Spiritual Assessment Model in Palliative Care: Putting Two and Two Together for Improved Spiritual Care (TH320)

Spiritual care is a well-established component of quality palliative care (PC) with board-certified chaplains considered the spiritual care specialist on the PC team. Spiritual assessment is a key activity performed by the chaplain; however, there is no consensus on best practices for spiritual assessment in PC. Currently, most chaplains use locally-developed, narrative models for spiritual assessment that were designed to be used within all clinical contexts. The limitations of these one-size-fits-all narrative models for spiritual assessment are becoming increasingly apparent in clinical practice.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research