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Spiritual care in a hospital setting : an empirical-theological exploration /

This book reports on a theoretical and empirical study of spiritual care as a profession in health care, particularly from the angle of quality care. Theoretically the central issues in spiritual care are analysed: quality care, medicalisation and contingency as its limit, the function of worldviews...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smeets, Wim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Empirical studies in theology ; v. 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER11;
  • CONTENTS13;
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1 SPIRITUAL CARE IN A HOSPITAL SETTING: 13;A PROBLEM
  • 1.1 Conceptual Framework: Health Care, Worldview and Spiritual Care
  • 1.1.1 Health care
  • 1.1.2 Worldview
  • 1.1.3 Spiritual care
  • 1.2 Research Orientation: Questions and Aim
  • 1.2.1 Research questions
  • 1.2.2 Research aim
  • 1.3 Research Method
  • 1.3.1 Data collection
  • 1.3.2 Data analysis
  • 1.4 Research Population
  • 1.5 R233;sum233;
  • 2 ASPECTS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE 13;IN HEALTH CARE
  • 2.1 Aspects of Quality Assurance at Meso Level
  • 2.1.1 Aspects of internal quality assurance: bureaucratisation
  • 2.1.2 Aspects of external quality assurance: professionalisation
  • 2.1.3 Aspects of quality assurance at meso level: research findings
  • 2.2 Aspects of Quality Assurance at Micro Level
  • 2.2.1 Self-determination
  • 2.2.2 Aspects of quality assurance at micro level: research findings
  • 2.3 R233;sum233;
  • 3 WORLDVIEW IN HEALTH CARE
  • 3.1 The Medical and the Worldview Approach
  • 3.1.1 Medicalisation and contingency as its limit
  • 3.1.2 Medicalisation and the limits of contingency: research findings
  • 3.2 Dimensions of the Function of Worldviewsin Health Care
  • 3.2.1 Intrinsic and extrinsic function of worldviews
  • 3.2.2 Intrinsic and extrinsic function of worldviews: research findings
  • 3.3 R233;sum233;
  • 4 THE SPIRITUAL CAREGIVERS WORLDVIEW
  • 4.1 Narrative Identity
  • 4.1.1 Some aspects of narrative identity
  • 4.1.2 Narrative identity: research findings
  • 4.2 Worldview-Related Dimension of Identity
  • 4.2.1 Worldview-related dimension of identity
  • 4.2.2 Worldview-related dimension of identity: research findings
  • 4.3 R233;sum233;
  • 5 LEGITIMACY AND POSITION OF SPIRITUAL 13;CARE IN HEALTH CARE
  • 5.1 Legitimacy and Position of Spiritual Care as aProfessional Discipline in Health Care
  • 5.1.1 Legitimacy and Position of Spiritual Care as a Professional Discipline
  • 5.1.2 Legitimacy and Position of Spiritual Care as a Professional Discipline: Research Findings
  • 5.2 Ministry and Sanctuary of Spiritual Care
  • 5.2.1 Ministry and sanctuary in a theoretical perspective
  • 5.2.2 Ministry and sanctuary: research findings
  • 5.3 R233;sum233;
  • 6 GOALS AND TASKS OF SPIRITUAL CARE
  • 6.1 Goals
  • 6.1.1 Immediate goals and ultimate goal
  • 6.1.2 Goal orientations
  • 6.1.3 Goals and goal orientations: research findings
  • 6.2 Tasks
  • 6.2.1 Tasks from a theoretical perspective
  • 6.2.2 Tasks: research findings
  • 6.3 R233;sum233;
  • 7 DETERMINANTS OF SPIRITUAL CARE
  • 7.1 Determinants of Micro Level Goals:Expectations and Outcome
  • 7.1.1 Expected determinants of micro level goals
  • 7.1.2 Determinants of micro level goals: research findings
  • 7.2 A Profession at Risk
  • 7.2.1 Principal determinants of micro level goals
  • 7.2.2 Professional discipline, personal worldview and health care
  • 8 SYNOPSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 8.1 Synopsis
  • 8.2 Policy Considerations and Recommendations
  • APPENDIX 1 RESEARCH POPULATION
  • APPENDIX 2 MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
  • APPENDIX 3 TABLES
  • LITERATURE
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES.