Rumbold Bruce D
Palliative Care Unit, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000.
Med J Aust. 2003 Sep 15;179(S6):S11-3. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05568.x.
Spiritual care is integral to palliative care, and palliative care experience in offering spiritual care can be a resource for the emerging healthcare interest in spirituality. Spirituality is best understood in terms of the web of relationships that gives coherence to our lives, uniquely identifying each person. In palliative care, responsibility for spiritual care is shared by the whole team, with leadership given by specialist practitioners such as pastoral care workers. The palliative care approach to spiritual care may, however, be transferred to other contexts and to individual practice. Spiritual care encourages and supports people in a quest for meaning and personal autonomy. It is offered, not imposed.
精神关怀是姑息治疗不可或缺的一部分，而在提供精神关怀方面的姑息治疗经验可以成为新兴的医疗保健领域对灵性关注的一种资源。从赋予我们生活连贯性、独特地识别每个人的关系网络角度来理解灵性是最好的。在姑息治疗中，精神关怀的责任由整个团队共同承担，由诸如牧师关怀工作者等专业从业者发挥领导作用。然而，姑息治疗中精神关怀的方法可以应用于其他情境和个人实践中。精神关怀鼓励并支持人们探寻意义和个人自主性。它是主动提供的，而非强加的。
