The Meaning of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Within Nursing and Health Care Practice: A Study of the Perceptions of Health Care Professionals

by Wilfred McSherry

This book is written with two aims in to present a critical analysis of the concept of spitrituality and spiritual care and ot demonstrate how spirtiuality can be researched using qualitative methods, more precisely grounded theory. The contribution that other research methods bring to the investigation of spirituality will also be covered briefly throughout the book. The book will advance thinking and practice in the area of spiritual care by offering insight into the obstacles, deficits that inhibit or prevent health care professionals from supporting clients and patients with their spiritual needs within practice. A unique feature of this book will be the relating of theory to practice. Anyone interested in the concepts of spirituality will have access to a useful resource that will challenge their thinking and help them to explore the concpets more critically and constructively both personally and professionally within their own practice.

319 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2007