Spiritual, religious, and cultural aspects of care / edited by Betty R. Ferrell

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spiritual assessment / Elizabeth Johnston Taylor -- Spiritual care intervention / Rev. Pamela Baird -- Cultural considerations in palliative care / Polly Mazanec and Joan T. Panke -- Meaning in illness / Tami Borneman and Katherine Brown-Saltzman -- The meaning of hope in the dying / Valerie T. Cotter and Anessa M. Foxwell.

Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care is the fifth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series. Chapters address how to conduct a spiritual assessment of patients and families, spiritual interventions including compassionate presence, listening deeply, bearing witness, and being compassionate, how to partner with the patient and family to ensure culture guides the plan of care, how to find meaning in illness, the many dimensions of hope and its influence on the dying process. The content of the concise, clinically focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series is one resource for nurses preparing for specialty certification exams and provides a quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses.