Clinical Interprofessional Model of Spiritual Care

Abstract

To standardize and institutionalize spirituality as a component of whole-patient care, the biopsychosocial-spiritual model must be integrated across the continuum of care for all patients. This chapter explores the clinical interprofessional model of spiritual care. The biopsychosocial-spiritual model recognizes the distinct dimensions—biological, psychological, social, and spiritual—of a person and the fact that no dimension can be left out when caring for the whole person. This chapter describes a consensus- and evidence-based model that enables clinicians to fully attend to the spiritual needs and the spiritual distress that patients and their families may experience. The chapter is rounded out by two case examples.