This invaluable resource explores the relationship between spirituality and the practice of nursing from a variety of perspectives, including: 

• Nursing assessment of patients' spiritual needs  
• The nurse's role in the provision of spiritual care  
• The spiritual nature of the nurse-patient relationship  
• The spiritual history of the nursing profession  
• Contemporary interest in spirituality within the nursing profession

This edition has been updated to include two new chapters: Spiritual Needs in Mass Casualty Disasters and Parish Nursing.