Preface to the Second Edition; Part I: Spirituality Today and Yesterday; 1 Spirituality in Nursing: Past and Present Trends; 2 Spirituality and Nursing's History; Part II: Spirituality and the Emerging Paradigm; 3 Spirituality, Physics, Philosophy, and Psychology; 4 Developmental Theories: Is There a Spiritual Phase?; Part III: Spirituality and the Individual; 5 Spirituality and the Mind; 6 Spirituality and the Brain; 7 Spirituality, Illness, and Death; Part IV: Spirituality in Nursing's New Paradigm; 8 Spirituality as a Component in Nursing Theories.
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Thoroughly updated, this award-winning book looks at spirituality and nursing from many perspectives: theoretical, historical, religious, psychological, physiological. In her thoughtful exploration of the reemergence of spirituality as an important factor in nursing practice, Barnum traces nursing's involvement with spirituality from its historical ties with religion to the current interest in New Age and alternative health methods. Nursing theories involving spirituality, such as those presented by Dossey, Newman, and Watson are examined and nursing trends are placed in the larger context of.
Spirituality in nursing: from traditional to new age.