Spiritual care should be part of the Code

Wilfred McSherry; Linda Ross

doi:10.7748/ns.31.33.29.s25

Spiritual care should be part of the Code

Nurs Stand. 2017 Apr 12;31(33):29. doi: 10.7748/ns.31.33.29.s25.

Authors

Wilfred McSherry^{1

2}, Linda Ross³

Affiliations

¹ School of Health and Social Care, Staffordshire University, and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.
² VID University College, Bergen, Norway.
³ University of South Wales, and secretary of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality.

PMID: 28399768
DOI: 10.7748/ns.31.33.29.s25

Abstract

We welcome the new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standard, which calls for individualised care plans that address the 'cultural, religious or social preferences' of people in the last two to three days of life, as well as those of people important to them.

MeSH terms

Quality of Health Care*
Quality of Life
Religion*
Spirituality
United Kingdom