This chapter will discuss the affective resources, opportunities, freedoms, and recognition offered by spiritual care. While practices and rituals are diverse, they include an important affective dimension in their methodology and practice, from helping patients process their emotions at the end of life to supporting healthcare providers to work through their moral distress in difficult cases. In this chapter, I will first of all introduce the concept of spiritual care and the link between spiritual care and affective justice. I will then introduce several methods of spiritual care—in particular spiritual history taking and the role of the chaplain—to better understand in what ways care may be delivered. To better understand its articulation in practice, I will also consider two instances in which spiritual care may be particularly relevant for patients (palliative care and to better address the affective needs and values of marginalized populations). I will then consider the importance of spiritual care for healthcare providers, notably by discussing the role of the hospital chaplain during the pandemic. Throughout this journey, I will show the interlinkage of spiritual care, affects, and value-based care for healthcare providers, patients, and their families. I will also discuss the limits of delegating emotional work to spiritual care professionals.

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Affective Justice and Spiritual Care

  • Brenda Bogaert

摘要

This chapter will discuss the affective resources, opportunities, freedoms, and recognition offered by spiritual care. While practices and rituals are diverse, they include an important affective dimension in their methodology and practice, from helping patients process their emotions at the end of life to supporting healthcare providers to work through their moral distress in difficult cases. In this chapter, I will first of all introduce the concept of spiritual care and the link between spiritual care and affective justice. I will then introduce several methods of spiritual care—in particular spiritual history taking and the role of the chaplain—to better understand in what ways care may be delivered. To better understand its articulation in practice, I will also consider two instances in which spiritual care may be particularly relevant for patients (palliative care and to better address the affective needs and values of marginalized populations). I will then consider the importance of spiritual care for healthcare providers, notably by discussing the role of the hospital chaplain during the pandemic. Throughout this journey, I will show the interlinkage of spiritual care, affects, and value-based care for healthcare providers, patients, and their families. I will also discuss the limits of delegating emotional work to spiritual care professionals.