McGrath P
Aust Health Rev. 1997;20(2):116-28. doi: 10.1071/ah970116.
In modern western society, because of the dominance of secular modernist ideas of rationalism and positivistic science, notions of spirituality have been at best marginalised, at worst excluded from our discourse on health care. Research into spirituality has been limited by modernist epistemological assumptions concerning 'objective' proof and measurements. This discussion seeks to help reverse such a direction by offering an example of research on an Australian hospice service (Karuna Hospice Service) which is inclusive of the notion of spirituality. This research indicates that a spiritual discourse was not only important in the genesis of this organisation, but is also a significant factor in energising and guiding the ongoing democratic, holistic, compassionate praxis of this hospice service.
在现代西方社会，由于世俗现代主义的理性主义和实证科学观念占据主导地位，灵性观念充其量被边缘化，最糟糕的是被排除在我们关于医疗保健的讨论之外。对灵性的研究受到了现代主义认识论假设的限制，这些假设涉及“客观”证据和测量。本讨论旨在通过提供一项关于澳大利亚临终关怀服务机构（卡鲁纳临终关怀服务机构）的研究示例来帮助扭转这一趋势，该研究纳入了灵性观念。这项研究表明，灵性话语不仅在该组织的创立过程中很重要，而且也是激发和指导该临终关怀服务机构持续的民主、整体、 compassionate实践的一个重要因素。（注：compassionate原词拼写有误，正确拼写为compassionate，意为“有同情心的” ）
