Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference
Author(s) -
Christina M. Puchalski,
Betty Ferrell,
Rose Virani,
Shirley OtisGreen,
Pamela Baird,
Janet Bull,
Harvey Max Chochinov,
George Handzo,
Holly Nelson-Becker,
Maryjo PrincePaul,
Karen Pugliese,
Daniel P. Sulmasy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-6218
pISSN - 1557-7740
DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2009.0142
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , foundation (evidence) , dimension (graph theory) , consensus conference , quality (philosophy) , nursing , family medicine , medical education , political science , law , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
A Consensus Conference sponsored by the Archstone Foundation of Long Beach, California, was held February 17-18, 2009, in Pasadena, California. The Conference was based on the belief that spiritual care is a fundamental component of quality palliative care. This document and the conference recommendations it includes builds upon prior literature, the National Consensus Project Guidelines, and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices and Conference proceedings.
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