Developing a Spiritual Assessment Tool for Palliative Care (GP791)
Despite the mandate of palliative care and JCAHO there exists no gold standard, empirically developed and rigorously validated tool to assess spiritual care needs and thus translate preferences for care providers.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Karen Steinhauser, Heather King, Ryan Parker, Miriam Kirshner Source Type: research