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Assessing Spiritual Needs: A Guide for Caregivers (Guides to Pastoral Care) [Paperback]

George Fitchett (Author)

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Publication Date: May 1993 | Series: Guides to Pastoral Care

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.

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Product Details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Fortress Pr (May 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0806626291
ISBN-13: 978-0806626291
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,715,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good place to start, January 9, 2007

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A very simple and easy introduction to doing spiritual assessment. It is especially geared towards chaplains in clinical settings, but equally usefull for anyone who does spiritual assessment on a regular basis. Fitchett summarizes the previous literature very well, and is well documented. Although his 7X7 system seemed a bit unwieldy for my purposes, I found it highly adaptable.

On the downside, the book lacks a bibliography, which is why I gave it only 4 stars.

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