Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7700, South Africa.
J Relig Health. 2021 Aug;60(4):2906-2924. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01232-7. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
While palliative care is beginning to gain prominence in South Africa, spiritual care remains less understood. Spiritual care is less prioritised and, consequently, this service, if offered, is mostly entrusted to volunteers. It therefore becomes prudent to understand who these volunteers are, what motivates them to volunteer, and how they see spiritual care being sustainable in the future. A cohort of spiritual care workers from a prominent hospice in Cape Town, South Africa, participated in this qualitative study. The participants made suggestions about formalising spiritual care as well as making a call for a basic entry requirement into spiritual care work.
尽管缓和医疗在南非开始受到重视,但精神关怀仍然知之甚少。精神关怀的优先级较低,因此,如果提供这项服务,通常会委托志愿者来提供。因此,了解这些志愿者是谁、他们为什么愿意做志愿者以及他们如何看待精神关怀在未来的可持续性就变得至关重要。南非开普敦一家著名临终关怀机构的一群精神关怀工作者参与了这项定性研究。参与者就精神关怀的正式化提出了建议,并呼吁对精神关怀工作设定基本的入职要求。