Spiritual Care: Compassion and Service to Others
This chapter discusses the importance of compassion and service in providing spiritual care in the palliative care sector, describing the cases of 85-year-old Miles, Estelle, and Itny. It also outlines some of the elements of spiritual care, which include compassionate presence and love for another, reverence for mystery, healing as partnership, and self-care of the caregiver.
Keywords: compassion, service, spiritual care, palliative care, reverence, mystery, self-care
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