Cultural differences in spiritual care: findings of an Israeli oncologic questionnaire examining patient interest in spiritual care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As professional spiritual care (chaplaincy) is introduced to new cultures worldwide, it bears examining which elements of screening and care are universal and, for those elements showing cultural difference, to study them in each culture. No quantitative spiritual care patient study had previously been done in Israel. Our objectives were twofold: 1) to examine who wants spiritual care in Israel, including demographic and clinical variables, and to compare against other results worldwide to further develop universal screening protocols 2) to see what patients want from spiritual care specifically in the Israeli setting.

Methods

Self-administered patient questionnaire examining spirituality/religiosity, interest in spiritual care (subdivided by type of care), and ke

SUBMITTER: Schultz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108186 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature