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Spiritual distress and the nursing response: theoretical considerations and counselling skills
Author(s) -
Burnard Philip
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1987.tb01344.x
Subject(s) - distress , variety (cybernetics) , meaning (existential) , nursing , psychotherapist , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Spiritual distress may be described as the failure to invest life with meaning. It is a condition that may be met by nurses in a variety of settings. This paper examines some of the issues and some of the practical skills involved in counselling those who experience such distress. Considerable reference is made to the literature on this vast topic in order that the issues under discussion may be followed up.