Spir ituality www.ejpc.eu.com Implementing spiritual care at the end of life: Finland In this occasional series, members of the Task Force on Spiritual Care in Palliative Care of the European Association for Palliative Care report on recent developments and current debates in their respective countries. [...] healthcare authorities, issues recommendations regarding pastoral care in The religious landscape in Finland healthcare settings.2 Hospital chaplains are Finland has 5,451,270 inhabitants and, in employed by parishes and provide services to 2013, about 78% of the population officially palliative care patients, their friends and belonged to the Lutheran Church and 1% to families, as well as staff. [...] Major challenges are to provide spiritual care to those in outpatient settings and those who do not belong to a religious group; and to Current challenges increase the religious literacy of healthcare and social services staff. [...] Professionals need to explore The problem is recognising and meeting the and reactivate their own spirituality in order spiritual care needs of those who have not to be able to recognise and approach their been active in any religious group and of patients’ different kinds of spiritual needs. [...] according to one’s own choices and world Healthcare staff thus need education to be views is clearly stated in the constitution of able to address the psychosocial and spiritual Finland and in the law on the status and rights needs of their patients.
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