Abstract
The cultural and religious resources of every community influence the definition of spiritual care. This paper discusses a concept analysis of spiritual care in an Islamic context. The Quran, narrations (Shie’h) and commentarial books were searched, for information data. The data was used to provide a comprehensive definition of the concept of spiritual care from Islamic literature. We identified the attributes, antecedents and consequences of spiritual care according to Roger’s concept analysis approach. The review of the Islamic text showed that spiritual care is a series of spiritual skills or competencies that help patients to achieve excellent life. It is grouped into categories and has numerous positive effects on patients and caregivers. This study will be useful to Muslim clinicians and nurse educators as they strive to understand and incorporate spiritual care within their practice for Muslim patients.
Highlights
Health is a holistic concept, which encompasses physical, social, and spiritual dimensions [1].Spiritual care considers the spiritual dimension of health
The survey of literature shows that the descriptions of spiritual care in the nursing context are characterized by diversity, ranging from the general concept of a caring presence to religious oriented interventions [4]
The first step of the concept analysis was to determine the characteristics of the concept that leads to an actual definition
Summary
Spiritual care considers the spiritual dimension of health. It is defined as an effort to touch the spirit of another human being [5] At one time, it was defined as a set of highly fluid interpersonal processes involving mutual recognition of human values and experiences [6]. Spiritual care has been described as an interactive and intentional process between a nurse and a patient with the aim of enhancing patients’ spiritual well-being [7]. It shows that various factors affect the definition of spiritual care
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