The spiritual dimension: its importance to patients’ health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice

Linda Ross

doi:10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K

The spiritual dimension: its importance to patients’ health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice

Linda Ross

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The spiritual dimension is described and is interpreted as the need for: meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life; hope/will to live; belief and faith. As the spiritual dimension is important for the attainment of an overall sense of health, well-being and quality of life (referred to as the health potential) and as illness and hospitalisation can precipitate spiritual distress, patients’ spiritual needs should be addressed. The nurse’s role in spiritual care is discussed with
reference to the nursing literature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-468
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 1995

Access to Document

10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K

Cite this

@article{7a228f8e69c34ba5aea1e9b7cb975561,

title = "The spiritual dimension: its importance to patients{\textquoteright} health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice",

abstract = "The spiritual dimension is described and is interpreted as the need for: meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life; hope/will to live; belief and faith. As the spiritual dimension is important for the attainment of an overall sense of health, well-being and quality of life (referred to as the health potential) and as illness and hospitalisation can precipitate spiritual distress, patients{\textquoteright} spiritual needs should be addressed. The nurse{\textquoteright}s role in spiritual care is discussed withreference to the nursing literature. ",

author = "Linda Ross",

year = "1995",

month = oct,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K",

language = "English",

volume = "32",

pages = "457--468",

journal = "International Journal of Nursing Studies",

issn = "0020-7489",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The spiritual dimension

T2 - its importance to patients’ health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice

AU - Ross, Linda

PY - 1995/10/1

Y1 - 1995/10/1

N2 - The spiritual dimension is described and is interpreted as the need for: meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life; hope/will to live; belief and faith. As the spiritual dimension is important for the attainment of an overall sense of health, well-being and quality of life (referred to as the health potential) and as illness and hospitalisation can precipitate spiritual distress, patients’ spiritual needs should be addressed. The nurse’s role in spiritual care is discussed withreference to the nursing literature.

AB - The spiritual dimension is described and is interpreted as the need for: meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life; hope/will to live; belief and faith. As the spiritual dimension is important for the attainment of an overall sense of health, well-being and quality of life (referred to as the health potential) and as illness and hospitalisation can precipitate spiritual distress, patients’ spiritual needs should be addressed. The nurse’s role in spiritual care is discussed withreference to the nursing literature.

U2 - 10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K

DO - 10.1016/0020-7489(95)00007-K

M3 - Article

C2 - 8550306

VL - 32

SP - 457

EP - 468

JO - International Journal of Nursing Studies

JF - International Journal of Nursing Studies

SN - 0020-7489

IS - 5

ER -

The spiritual dimension: its importance to patients’ health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this