Spiritual crisis: a concept analysis

Abstract

People with terminal illness, depression, and those who are grieving losses may be at special risk of spiritual crisis. The literature suggests an interdisciplinary approach, nurses' self-exploration of spirituality, and refraining from defining spirituality by religious affiliation as part of improving practice.

Spiritual care of the child with cancer at the end of life: a concept analysis

“…General sources: Kenny (), Meraviglia (), Narayanasamy (), Agrimson and Taft (), Clarke (), Puchalski (), Campion ()…”

“…,Foster et al (2010),Mueller (2010),Foster et al (2012) General sources:Puchalski (2001),Campion (2011) Guiding the child in strengthening relationships Paediatric sources:Fulton and Moore (1995),Hart and Schneider (1997),Kane and Primomo (2001),Davies et al (2002),Dell-Orfano (2002),Feudtner et al (2003),Jones and Weisenfluh (2003),Woodgate et al (2003),Elkins and Cavendish (2004),McGheehin-Heilferty (2004),Smith and McSherry (2004),Meert et al (2005),Sulmasy (2006),Bull and Gillies (2007),Monterosso and Kristjanson (2008),Kamper et al (2010),Swinton and Pattison (2010),Campion (2011), Purow et al (2011 General sources: Kenny (1999a),Narayanasamy (1999),Puchalski (2001),Fisher (2006),Agrimson and Taft (2008) Helping the child to be rememberedPaediatric sources: Armstrong-Dailey and Zarbock (2001), Jones and Weisenfluh (2003), McGheehin-Heilferty (2004), Meert et al(2005), Hufton (2006), Foster et al (2009, 2012) General sources: Puchalski (2001) Assisting the child to find meaning and purpose Paediatric sources: Hart and Schneider (1997), Kane and Primomo (2001), Puchalski (2001), Davies et al (2002), Steen and Anderson (2002), Woodgate et al (2003), Elkins and Cavendish (2004), McGheehin-Heilferty (2004), Meert et al (2005), Hufton (2006), Robinson et al (2006), Sulmasy (2006), Champagne (2008), Foster et al (2009), Bone(2010),Ratcliff (2010),Purow et al (2011), Foster et al (2012 General sources:Kenny (1999a),Meraviglia (1999),Narayanasamy (1999),Agrimson and Taft (2008),Clarke (2009...…”

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“…This method assumes that everyone must have a God. Agrimson and Taft (2009) research the concept of "Spiritual Crisis" where they measure spirituality through attempting to define the patient's belief system. This leaves the onus on the provider to own this responsibility.…”

Resilience in re-entering missionaries: why do some do well?

“…Selby et al designed the study to explore loss and grief issues in re-entering missionaries with framework analysis identifying a number of loss and grief categories for the participants. In the study described in this paper, we used Bonanno's (2004) definition of doing well: resilient re-entering missionaries who do well described ''relatively stable, healthy levels of psychological and physical functioning''(p. 20), while less resilient or fragile re-entrants who don't do well described psychosocial crises (Capps, 2004) and/or spiritual crises (Agrimson & Taft, 2009) with or without a recovery period.…”