Spiritual distress and the nursing response: theoretical considerations and counselling skills
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TL;DR
The issues and some of the practical skills involved in counselling those who experience spiritual distress are examined and the literature on this vast topic is reviewed.
Abstract
Spiritual distress may be described as the failure to invest life with meaning. It is a condition that may be met by nurses in a variety of settings. This paper examines some of the issues and some of the practical skills involved in counselling those who experience such distress. Considerable reference is made to the literature on this vast topic in order that the issues under discussion may be followed up.