Open AccessSpiritual care: which is the best assessment tool for palliative settings?
Author(s) -
Michael Blaber,
June Jone,
Derek Willis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of palliative nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-286X
pISSN - 1357-6321
DOI - 10.12968/ijpn.2015.21.9.430
Subject(s) - spirituality , spiritual care , palliative care , faith , health care , nursing , end of life care , psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , political science , epistemology , pathology , law , philosophy
Although it is widely acknowledged that spiritual care is an important component of good palliative care, there remains a lack of confidence about it among healthcare providers. This paper analyses the benefits and drawbacks of using spiritual history-taking tools to address the problem, considering four of the most widely used tools-FICA, FAITH, SPIRITual and HOPE.
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