Spiritually Competent Practice in Health Care-John Wattis, Steph

CRC Press

Spiritually Competent Practice in Health CareAuthor(s): John Wattis, Stephen Curran, Melanie Rogers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781498778428, 978-1498778428\nSynopsis\nThis book will be of tremendous use to all healthcare professionals from physicians to nurses to social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and chaplains. The pathway taken here is a sensible and reasonable one, emphasizing a patient-centred approach that underscores the importance of spiritually competent care. The Editors do an excellent job of describing how to integrate spirituality into patient care for all of the different healthcare professionals. They also emphasize the importance of an evidence-based approach that is guided by research. This book provides superb guidelines that will be enormously helpful to every healthcare professional.\n\nHarold G Koenig, [url] Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medi.