The Urgency of Spiritual Care: COVID-19 and the Critical Need for Whole-Person Palliation

The COVID-19 crisis has amplified the importance of palliative care to countless patients suffering with and dying from this disease, as well as to their families, communities, and the worldwide cadre of overburdened healthcare workers. Particularly urgent is the need for spiritual care specialists and generalists to address spiritual suffering given the degree of isolation, loneliness, and vulnerability caused by this pandemic. Although spiritual care has long been recognized as one of the domains of quality palliative care, it is often not fully integrated into practice.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tags: COVID-19 for Fast Track Publication Source Type: research