Typology of spirituality in relation with spiritual health

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Introduction: today, spiritual health is considered as the forth dimension of health, and its public acceptance is a result of the considerable influence that spirituality generally has on other dimensions of health. The purpose of this review is to introduce the variouse types of spiritual health. Methods: In this review study on the typology of spirituality, books and disserations that were written betwen 1984 and 2019 were reviewed. The search for articles was done through the use of Magiran, Google Scholar, SID, Psychlit, Ebsco, Proquest, and Libgen databases. The keywords used in the searches included spirituality, spiritual health, and spiritual typology. Results: through the analysis of aforementioned points, there emerged four different facets of spirituality in relation with spiritual health. these four facets of spirituality are as follows: well being spirituality, shunyata spirituality, yoga spirituality, and happiness spirituality. Conclusions: These four types of spirituality can serve as the basis for health-centred care and models for improvement of spiritual health in patients.

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volume 15  issue 2

pages  1- 8

publication date 2020-04

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