A Christian perspective on End of Life care
A Jesus perspective on End of Life care
GMC Guidance: In Clinical Practice Good Medical Practice (15a) 15. You must provide a good standard of practice and care. If you assess, diagnose or treat patients, you must: a. adequately assess the patient’s conditions, taking account of their history (including the symptoms and psychological, spiritual, social and cultural factors), their views and values; where necessary, examine the patient. Wholeness in healthcare
Spirituality usually includes reference to a power other than self, often described as ‘God’, a ‘higher power’, or ‘forces of nature’. This power is generally seen to help a person to transcend immediate experience and to re-establish hope. This power is generally seen to help a person to transcend immediate experience and to re-establish hope. NICE Guidance on Palliative Care 2004: Spiritual Support Services Wholeness in healthcare
Spiritual values and skills are increasingly recognised as necessary aspects of clinical care. British Medical Journal Editorial 2002;325 Spirituality and clinical care Staff should be trained in assessing spiritual needs. NICE Guidance on Palliative Care 2004: Spiritual Support Services Wholeness in healthcare
Body Mind Spirit ? Wholeness in healthcare?
Body Mind Spirit The ‘scientific worldview’ Wholeness in healthcare?
‘Scientific’ world-view Dualism Materialism Medical Materialism (Hippocrates) Rationalism Epicureanism Hippocrates. ‘Father of Medicine’ BC Wholeness in healthcare?
Personhood: A Biblical perspective learning from the rainbow
natural Body emotional existential psychosomaticmental physical Spirit Mind material cultural environmental social trans-rational rational supernatural mystery spiritual transcendent miracles Personhood: A Biblical perspective learning from the rainbow
natural Body emotional existential psychosomaticmental physical spirit Mind material cultural environmental social trans-rational rational supernatural mystery spiritual transcendent miracles Personhood: A ‘scientific’ perspective
natural Body emotional existential psychosomaticmental physical spirit Mind material cultural environmental social trans-rational rational supernatural mystery spiritual transcendent miracles Personhood: A ‘scientific’ perspective
natural Body emotional existential psychosomaticmental physical Spirit Mind material cultural environmental social trans-rational rational supernatural mystery spiritual transcendent miracles Whole Person End of life care: A Biblical perspective
Chaplains as part of the primary healthcare team Honouring Personhood in Patients The added value of Chaplaincy in General Practice
The Association of Chaplaincy in General Practice
A Jesus perspective on End of Life care