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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454606103321

Autore

Barnum Barbara Stevens

Titolo

Spirituality in nursing: from traditional to new age [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Stevens Barnum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co. Pbk., c2006

ISBN

1-281-86312-2

9786611863128

0-8261-9183-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

610.73

610.73/01

Soggetti

Nursing - Religious aspects

Nursing - Philosophy

Nursing - Psychological aspects

Spirituality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Part I: Spirituality Today and Yesterday; 1 Spirituality in Nursing: Past and Present Trends; 2 Spirituality and Nursing's History; Part II: Spirituality and the Emerging Paradigm; 3 Spirituality, Physics, Philosophy, and Psychology; 4 Developmental Theories: Is There a Spiritual Phase?; Part III: Spirituality and the Individual; 5 Spirituality and the Mind; 6 Spirituality and the Brain; 7 Spirituality, Illness, and Death; Part IV: Spirituality in Nursing's New Paradigm; 8 Spirituality as a Component in Nursing Theories

9 Nursing Theorists in the New Paradigm10 Nursing and Healing; Part V: Spiritual Interventions in Health Care; 11 Spiritual and New Age Therapeutics; 12 Spirituality, Traditional Religion, and Traditional Therapeutics; Part VI: Spirituality and Ethics; 13 Spirituality and Ethics: A Contrast in Forms; 14 Ethics and Philosophy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W

Sommario/riassunto

Thoroughly updated, this award-winning book looks at spirituality and nursing from many perspectives: theoretical, historical, religious,



psychological, physiological. In her thoughtful exploration of the reemergence of spirituality as an important factor in nursing practice, Barnum traces nursing's involvement with spirituality from its historical ties with religion to the current interest in New Age and alternative health methods. Nursing theories involving spirituality, such as those presented by Dossey, Newman, and Watson are examined and nursing trends are placed in the larger context of