Praying with patients: belief, faith and boundary conditions

Consideration of the spiritual needs of patients has been part of holistic care models for decades and is present in the delivery of individualised care plans in most mental health services. When in the UK in 2011, religious assassination of police officers occurs within ‘the single-faith Christian...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2011-12, Vol.199 (6), p.517; author reply 517-517
Main Author: Haley, Clifford J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assassinations & assassination attempts
Boundary conditions
Care plans
Christianity
Ears
Football
Fulfilment
Holistic approach
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
Patients
Physician-Patient Relations - ethics
Police
Prayer
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - ethics
Religion
Religion and Medicine
Religious beliefs
Religious history
Spirituality
Traditions
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Summary:Consideration of the spiritual needs of patients has been part of holistic care models for decades and is present in the delivery of individualised care plans in most mental health services. When in the UK in 2011, religious assassination of police officers occurs within ‘the single-faith Christian tradition’, when football managers receive bullets in the post because of their particular Christian tradition, when the UK still has regions where religion is more about the fire in the belly and less about the angst between the ears, less ‘happy clappy’ and more ‘happy slappy’, it seems a little naive of Cook to view prayer as a therapeutic tool that can exclude the history of Christianity in this country and the challenges this may pose. Historically, this is the argument of the ‘dissenter’, the evangelical Protestant tradition which is a rich faith that can deliver spiritual fulfilment, as can all the branches of the Christian church that exist in the UK today.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.199.6.517