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Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare (Oxford Textbooks in Public Health)
Mark Cobb
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Description for Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare (Oxford Textbooks in Public Health)
Paperback. Spirituality and healthcare is an emerging field of research, practice and policy. Healthcare organisations and practitioners are therefore challenged to understand and address spirituality, to develop their knowledge and implement effective policy. This is the first reference text on the subject providing a comprehensive overview of key topics. Editor(s): Cobb, Mark R.; Puchalski, Christina M.; Rumbold, Bruce D. Series: Oxford Textbooks in Public Health. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM1; MBN; MBNH9; MMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1186.
The relationship between spirituality and healthcare is historical, intellectual and practical, and it has now emerged as a significant field in health research, healthcare policy and clinical practice and training. Understanding health and wellbeing requires addressing spiritual and existential issues, and healthcare is therefore challenged to respond to the ways spirituality is experienced and expressed in illness, suffering, healing and loss. If healthcare has compassionate regard for the humanity of those it serves, it is faced with questions about how it understands and interprets spirituality, what resources it should make available and how these are organised, and the ways ... Read more
The relationship between spirituality and healthcare is historical, intellectual and practical, and it has now emerged as a significant field in health research, healthcare policy and clinical practice and training. Understanding health and wellbeing requires addressing spiritual and existential issues, and healthcare is therefore challenged to respond to the ways spirituality is experienced and expressed in illness, suffering, healing and loss. If healthcare has compassionate regard for the humanity of those it serves, it is faced with questions about how it understands and interprets spirituality, what resources it should make available and how these are organised, and the ways ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford Textbooks in Public Health
Condition
New
Weight
1185g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198717386
SKU
V9780198717386
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Ref
99-99
About Mark Cobb
Mark Cobb is a Senior Chaplain and a Clinical Director at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and holds honorary academic posts at the University of Sheffield and the University of Liverpool. He has a multidisciplinary education across science and the humanities and has experience working in the community, voluntary and acute health sectors. Christina M. ... Read more
Reviews for Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare (Oxford Textbooks in Public Health)
This book is remarkable in its range and in its depth. The contributors are all leading experts in their particular fields, and anyone who masters the richness and detail of the 64 chapters will have acquired a genuinely comprehensive knowledge of the increasingly important area of the intersection between spirituality and healthcare.
Brendan Callaghan, SJ, from The Way, Vol. ... Read more
Brendan Callaghan, SJ, from The Way, Vol. ... Read more