Shay, Laura E.
Exploring hope in spiritual care : a practical theological guide for chaplains / Laura E. Shay. - 104 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --
Concept of hope --
Theology of hope --
Cultivating hope --
Hope, spiritual assessment, and plan of care.
This Explores what hope can mean for patients who are at the end of life, beyond hoping that a treatment will be effective. It suggests ways in which creative spiritual care can enable patients and those who care for them to develop different kinds of hope and move past despair. Patients who are at the end of life can often feel hopelessness and despair. This book will enable those who provide spiritual care to cultivate hope in patients, beyond hope for a cure. Using a framework of the different dimensions to hope, the book suggests creative spiritual care that can help patients prepare for the best possible end of life.
College of Arts and Sciences General Education Curriculum (GEC)
Text in English
9781785925764 (pbk)
Terminally ill -- Pastoral counseling of.
Church work with the terminally ill.
Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
259.4 Sh29 2019
Exploring hope in spiritual care : a practical theological guide for chaplains / Laura E. Shay. - 104 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --
Concept of hope --
Theology of hope --
Cultivating hope --
Hope, spiritual assessment, and plan of care.
This Explores what hope can mean for patients who are at the end of life, beyond hoping that a treatment will be effective. It suggests ways in which creative spiritual care can enable patients and those who care for them to develop different kinds of hope and move past despair. Patients who are at the end of life can often feel hopelessness and despair. This book will enable those who provide spiritual care to cultivate hope in patients, beyond hope for a cure. Using a framework of the different dimensions to hope, the book suggests creative spiritual care that can help patients prepare for the best possible end of life.
College of Arts and Sciences General Education Curriculum (GEC)
Text in English
9781785925764 (pbk)
Terminally ill -- Pastoral counseling of.
Church work with the terminally ill.
Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
259.4 Sh29 2019
