Building Partnerships Between Spiritual Care Experts and Generalists in Integrating Spiritual Care for Seriously and Chronically Ill Patients and Their Families (P08)

Spiritual Care is an essential domain of Palliative Care as stated in the World Health Assembly's resolution of Palliative Care. Spiritual distress is highly prevalent in seriously ill and dying patients and in their families. Total pain cannot be fully addressed without addressing spiritual distress. One of the challenges in integrating spiritual care in clinical settings is lack of training. ISPEC is a curriculum program whose aim is to train clinicians and spiritual care professionals in spiritual care.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Christina Puchalski, Betty Ferrell, Trace Haythorn, Marvin O. Delgado Guay, Richard W. Bauer Source Type: research