Professional paper
THE ROLE OF THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR IN THE TEAM OF PALLIATIVE CARE
Josip Krpeljević
Abstract
The exposition consists of five sections. in the first,
introductory section the definition of palliative
care is given and the appropriate model for its
actualization is portrayed. The person of the spiritual
director as a member of palliative care team is more
accurately determined in the second section, while
the topic of the third one is his juridical status in
the mentioned team. The fourth section elaborates
the spiritual director’s threefold role in regard to the patient himself, to the members of his family
and to the palliative care team co-workers. Finally,
in the fifth and concluding section some guidelines
for his successful spiritual ministry in the team of
palliative care have been proposed.
Keywords
spiritual director; palliative care; palliative care team
Hrčak ID:
138059
URI
Publication date:
21.4.2015.
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