Introduction: Spiritual Leadership is essential due to various issues among leaders. To meet the changing and challenging demands of their environment in the twenty – first century. This research was aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual leadership and organizational commitment of staffs in the headquarter sections of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Methods: The pr...

AIM The aim of this paper is to propose a guideline for spiritual assessment and interventions explicitly for families, while considering each family member's unique spirituality. BACKGROUND Spirituality's positive effect is pervasive in health care and in the lives of many families; therefore, there is a need to integrate spiritual assessment and interventions in total family care. DISCUSS...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the core constitutive patterns from the perspective of the older patient with terminal cancer, the major foci of spiritual needs, and professional actions that manifest tangibly as spiritual care. DESIGN Hermeneutic inquiry. SETTING Two leading teaching hospitals in Taiwan. SAMPLE 35 older patients with terminal cancer with a life expectancy of three months. ...

From drawing to sculpture, poetry to journaling, and dance to music and song, the arts can have a major impact on patients' spiritual well-being and health. The arts empower patients to fulfill the basic human drive to create and give patients a sense of possibility. Through creative expression, patients regain a feeling of wholeness, individually and as part of the larger world. Although spiri...

OBJECTIVE Although enhanced spiritual well-being has been linked to positive mental health outcomes among family caregivers of cancer patients, little is known regarding predictors of spiritual well-being in this population. The current study aimed to examine caregiving experiences as predictors of change in family caregivers' spiritual well-being during the initial months following the patient...

BACKGROUND The importance of spirituality in coping with a terminal illness is becoming increasingly recognised. We aimed to assess the relation between spiritual well-being, depression, and end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients. METHODS 160 patients in a palliative care hospital with a life expectancy of less than 3 months were interviewed with a series of standardised instru...

Addressing spirituality in therapy is not only important for a substantial number of clients but many therapists also regard it as potentially valuable. However, practitioners report difficulties and confusion regarding how to work with spiritual difference, especially when clients’ spiritual beliefs are perceived as undermining their psychological well-being. The current study aimed to explore...

BACKGROUND Although prior research indicates that religious and spiritual coping is associated with positive health outcomes, few studies have examined religious and spiritual coping among patients with emphysema. OBJECTIVE To describe the utilization of religious and spiritual coping and its relationship to quality of life among patients with emphysema, in a 2-year longitudinal follow-up st...

BACKGROUND Despite the paramount importance and direct relationship of spirituality and spiritual care with health and well-being, they are relatively neglected aspects of nursing care. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to explore Iranian nurses' perceptions and experiences of the facilitators of spiritual care delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS For this qualitative content analysis study, a...

BACKGROUND Due to an absence of communication training, provider responses to patient/family spiritual distress are highly variable. Assessing spiritual and forgiveness concerns are important to ensuring quality holistic care. METHODS Cross-sectional survey data were collected from providers attending 1 of 2 continuing education courses. The survey measured the frequency and initiation of com...