Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • Chapter 13 - Spiritual Care in the NHS

  • Edited by Christopher C. H. Cook, Andrew Powell
  • Book:
    Spirituality and Psychiatry
    Published online:
    07 October 2022
    Print publication:
    20 October 2022, pp 233-248

  • Summary

    This chapter explores the nature and role of spirituality as it is worked out within the NHS in the UK. It examines the differences between spirituality and religion and explores the way in which spirituality has developed within the NHS, and is framed and used by the latter. It also discusses the idea of universal spirituality and the positive and negative implications of this concept. The chapter then considers the importance of spirituality for person-centred mental health care, focusing on issues around value, personhood, presence, trust, love and meaning. It concludes with some reflections on the importance of professional boundaries for spiritually oriented mental health care, and the key role that mental health chaplaincy plays in facilitating spiritual care within the NHS. Although the chapter focuses primarily on spiritual care within the UK healthcare system, the implications discussed and conclusions drawn apply to a broad range of contexts and practice.