Assessing Spiritual Needs

How do pastors, chaplains, and caregivers assess the spiritual well-being and needs of the people they minister to? George Fitchett presents a model for spiritual assessment that he and his colleagues developed, illustrated with case studies. He reviews a number of other models and provides a six-part framework for evaluating them. Pastoral caregivers find that the effectiveness of their ministry is enhanced when they are able accurately to identify problem areas and needs in the spiritual lives of the people with whom they work. This book addresses many of the questions pastoral caregivers have raised about this timely topic and provides an informed and balanced approach for making decisions about spiritual assessment models and tools. George Fitchett is associate professor and director of research and spiritual assessment in the Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

• Spiritual Care in Common Terms: How Chaplains Can Effectively Describe the Spiritual Needs of Patients in Medical Records
• Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
• The Minister as Diagnostician: Personal Problems in Pastoral Perspective
• The Work of the Chaplain (Work of the Church)
• How to Get the Most Out of Clinical Pastoral Education: A CPE Primer
• Interfaith Ministry Handbook: Prayers, Readings and Other Resources for Pastoral Settings
• Images of Pastoral Care
• Handbook for Chaplains: Comfort My People
• Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a 'Hopeful Presence'
• Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care