Spiritual Assessment in Healthcare: a Resource Guide

This edition provides a comprehensive guide to spiritual assessment in healthcare practice, integrating insights from nursing, midwifery, medicine, mental health, pediatrics, ageing, and intellectual disability. It emphasizes cultural sensitivity and diversity and offers practical guidance for identifying and addressing patients’ spiritual needs across the lifespan. Grounded in current evidence and professional experience, the book supports reflective practice, critical thinking, and the advancement of both the theory and practice of spiritual care.

Key Features:

• Lifespan coverage: children to older adults
• Interdisciplinary insights across healthcare fields
• Focus on cultural sensitivity and diversity
• Evidence-based guidance integrating theory and practice
• Practical steps for implementing and advancing spiritual assessment
• Encourages reflective and critical evaluation of practice