ILLNESS AND SPIRITUALITY

PHE3ISB

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students are given the opportunity to review contemporary theories of illness narratives and first-person accounts of illness experience plus aspects of caregiving in order to develop a phenomenology of offering and receiving care in chronic and life-threatening illness. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary understandings of, and approaches to, spirituality emerging from such narratives. Implications for assessing the spiritual strengths and needs of both patients and caregivers, and developing spiritual care plans, will be discussed in the context of the emerging national, international and World Health Organization spiritual care assessment literature.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Lindsay Carey

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

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Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

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Quota Management Strategy: N/A

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Special conditions: Related subject: PHE3DDB

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Spirituality and Palliative Care

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Rumbold, B.

Year: 2002

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Publisher: OUP (MELBOURNE)

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Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Cobb, M., Puchalski, C.,Rumbold, B.

Year: 2012

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Publisher: OUP (OXFORD)

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Literacy and Communication: Students will be able to define and distinguish typologies of illness narratives plus discern influential cultural, religious and spiritual variables affecting health and illness.
02. Inquiry and analytical skill: Students will be required to conduct systematic inquiries and use evidence for understanding spirituality, health and illness.
03. Personal and Professional Skills: Students will be required to apply theories of health, illness and person centred care to develop spiritual care interventions that improve health and well-being.
Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.