LEADER 04182nam 2200589 450 001 9910624354903321 005 20230112125915.0 010 $a0-19-195597-3 010 $a0-19-268924-X 010 $a0-19-268923-1 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780192865502.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)5700000000103568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7075613 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7075613 035 $a(UK-OxUP)9780191955976 035 $a(PPN)268185859 035 $a(EXLCZ)995700000000103568 100 $a20220614d2022|||| ||| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe spirit of global health $ethe World Health Organization and the 'spiritual dimension' of health, 1946-2021 /$fSimon Peng-Keller, Fabian Winiger, Raphael Rauch$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d[2022] 215 $a1 online resource (265 pages) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 311 $a0-19-286550-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aList of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Holistic Ideals and the 'Spirit' of International Health -- 3. Ennobling Ideas: The World Health Assembly Debates the 'Spiritual Dimension' (1983-1984) -- 4. From Religious Revival to Health Policy: The WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Office (1981-2006) -- 5. The Spirituality of Others and the WHO Discourse on Traditional Medicine -- 6. Spiritual Care in the Context of Palliative Care and HIV/AIDS -- 7. Spirituality, Religiousness, and Personal Beliefs in the WHO's Quality of Life Measurement Instrument (WHOQOL-SRPB) -- 8. Attempts to Reform the WHO Definition of Health (1997-1999) -- 9. Developments in the New Millennium -- 10. Synthesis and Outlook: The Spiritual Dimension in Global Health -- Epilogue: The WHO and Religious Actors during the Covid-19 Pandemic -- Appendix 1: Chronicle of Events -- Index. 330 3 $aSince the beginning of the World Health Organization, many of its staff members, regional offices, Member States, and directors-general have grappled with the question of what a 'spiritual dimension' of health looks like, and how it might enrich the health policies advocated by their organization. Contrary to the widespread perception that 'spirituality' is primarily related to palliative care and has emerged relatively recently within the WHO, this book shows that its history is considerably longer and more complex, and has been closely connected to the organization's ethical aspirations, its quest for more holistic and equitable healthcare, and its struggle with the colonial legacy of international health organizations. Such ideals and struggles silently motivated many of its key actors and policies-such as the provision of universal primary healthcare-which for decades have embodied the organization's loftiest aspirations. The WHO's official relationship with 'spirituality' advanced in fits, leaps, and setbacks. At times creative and interdisciplinary, at others deeply political, this process was marked by cycles of institutional forgetting and remembering. Rather than a triumph of religious lobbyists, this book argues, the 'spiritual dimension' of health may be better understood as a 'ghost' that has haunted-and continues to haunt-the WHO as it comes to terms with its mandate of advancing health as a state of 'complete well-being' available to all. 410 0$aOxford Academic 606 $aSpiritual care (Medical care) 606 $aSpirituality 606 $aTherapeutics, Physiological 606 $aAlternative medicine 606 $aHolistic Health 615 0$aSpiritual care (Medical care) 615 0$aSpirituality. 615 0$aTherapeutics, Physiological 615 0$aAlternative medicine 615 0$aHolistic Health 676 $a069 700 $aPeng-Keller$b Simon$f1969-$01432449 702 $aWiniger$b Fabian 702 $aRauch$b Raphael 801 0$bUK-OxUP 801 1$bUK-OxUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910624354903321 996 $aThe spirit of global health$93577201 997 $aUNINA