Research shows: Spiritual Care Training Benefits Caregivers

Dr Gian Borasio talks about his research on the impact of a spiritual care training for healthcare professionals. The study concluded a short 3.5 day training improved:
* self-perceived compassion for the dying,
* compassion for oneself,
* attitude towards one's family,
* satisfaction with work,
* attitude towards colleagues, and
* led to a reduction in work-related stress.
These improvements continued even after 6 months. Talk at the 1st International Spiritual Care Conference, Compassion and Presence, 2009 Killarney, Ireland.
For details see:
* conference homepage: http://www.spiritualcareconference.com/
* original science article: http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/19/2/99.abstract

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• caregiving
• spiritual care
• palliative care
• training
• burnout
• burn-out
• compassion
• compassion fatigue
• contempaltive care
• Compassion and Presence