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Reference: opatrna2006-1
Title:
Why Spiritual Care in the Czech Healthcare System?
Proč spirituální péče v českém zdravotnickém systému
Author:
MUDr. Mgr. Marie Opatrná
Form:
Article published in Diagnóza v osetřovatelství 3/2006, ročník 2 Promediamotion Praha 105 – 108
Original language:
Czech, available in English translation
Key words:
Czech, spirituality, religiosity, pastoral care, Bible, prayer, the sense of human existence, chaplain, palliative care, service
Abstract:
Marie Opatrná, MD and chaplain, pleads for spiritual care in her country's health care, which after so many years of communist regime, does not have too many words in its language to express matters of spirituality and religion. Two issues should urge the development of chaplaincy: the existential, spiritual and religious quest of every human being and the confrontation with the global integration of spiritual aspects in a palliative care plan for patients.
Link to full text
opatrna2006-1 (English)
opatrna2006-1_czech (Czech)