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Spirituality in Nursing : the Challenges of Complexity

Barnum, Barbara Stevens.

Spirituality in Nursing : the Challenges of Complexity [E-Book] - 3rd ed. - New York : Springer, 2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 172 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spiritual versus religious orientations -- Levels of spiritual development : what happens when the nurse and patient differ? -- Spirituality and the brain : is spirituality programmed in the brain? -- Spirituality and psychology : compatible? : incompatible? -- Spirituality and research : what research makes sense? : what doesn't? -- Spirituality and nursing theory : a miss or a match? -- Should spiritual care be taught in nursing education? -- Spirituality, healing, and nursing : should nursing claim healing as part of its mission? -- Should spiritual care be a function of nursing practice? -- Today's nursing : a prisoner of context? -- Dying, death, disability, and despair -- Spirituality versus humanism.

"Spirituality in Nursing is thought provoking and Barnum offers some excellent material and food for thought."--Journal of Christian Nursing. "This is a very thought-provoking book that asks many questions, often without answers. It could be used in an undergraduate or graduate course on spirituality or death and dying, or as in-service material in hospitals and other healthcare agencies. A very interesting chapter discusses near death experiences (NDE), a phenomenon that has begun to be accepted and has garnered more study." Score: 95, 4 stars --Doody's

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Nursing--Religious aspects.
Nursing--Philosophy.
Nursing--Psychological aspects.
Spirituality.
Nurse and patient.
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Nurse-Patient Relations
Philosophy, Nursing
Religion and Medicine
Spirituality

WY 87 / B263s 2010