Spirituality, Health, and Healing offers health care professionals and individual caregivers the guidelines and tools necessary to provide compassionate spiritual care to their clients and patients. By describing the profound role of spirituality on the body, mind, and spirit, this resource is a welcome asset to practitioners eager to further their understanding of this important topic. Early chapters establish a foundation for learning how spiritual and religious values, beliefs, and practices can positively influence an individual's ability to heal. The characteristics of spirituality, spiritual rituals, and the influence of culture on spirituality are topics covered in this section. The next section presents methods for spiritual assessment and therapeutic interventions for various stages of patient problems. The role of spirituality in end-of-life care and the influence of the environment in spirituality and healing are specially emphasized subjects. With its co