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Spiritual support guide and Orthodox counseling in palliative care: Faith-Based Guidance for Patients, Families, and Care Professionals
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Series: Essential Social Work in Palliative Care, Book 3
General SociologyPoverty & Social Work
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 29 2025
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Spiritual Support Guide and Orthodox Counseling in Palliative Care
A comprehensive framework for faith-based, compassionate end-of-life support
Why This Book Is Innovative
The First Structured Orthodox Spiritual Care Guide for Palliative Settings
This book offers a rare and much-needed framework that translates Orthodox theology into practical spiritual support for palliative care-bridging faith, clinical realities, and ethical responsibility in a way that is still largely absent from contemporary literature.
Integration of Theology, Ethics, and Clinical Practice
Unlike devotional or purely theological texts, this guide connects Orthodox views on suffering, death, and eternal life with ethical decision-making, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based spiritual care practices.
Practical Tools Rooted in Orthodox Tradition
The book goes beyond theory by providing spiritual assessment instruments, prayer and ritual resources, counseling techniques, and community-based support models adapted specifically for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
3 Reasons to Buy This Book
You Will Learn How to Offer Authentic Orthodox Spiritual Care
The book equips readers to provide meaningful spiritual support using prayer, Scripture, sacraments, and pastoral counseling-respecting patient autonomy while remaining faithful to Orthodox tradition.
It Supports Difficult Moments at the End of Life
With clear guidance on addressing spiritual crisis, despair, fear of death, and grief, this book becomes an essential companion for navigating the most sensitive moments in palliative care.
It Strengthens Collaboration Between Clergy and Healthcare Teams
Readers gain practical strategies for integrating spiritual care into multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that spiritual support is consistent, respectful, and aligned with medical and psychosocial care.
3 Ways This Book Contributes to Your Education-and Your Family's
Deepens Understanding of Suffering and Hope from an Orthodox Perspective
The book helps readers and families understand illness, dying, and loss through the theological lens of the Orthodox faith, offering meaning, continuity, and hope beyond physical decline.
Builds Skills for Compassionate Communication and Presence
Families and caregivers learn how to listen, accompany, and support their loved ones spiritually-without fear, pressure, or avoidance-during illness, dying, and bereavement.
Encourages Faith-Informed Decisions and Inner Peace
By clarifying spiritual needs, ethical boundaries, and pastoral responses, the book supports families in making calm, informed, and faith-centered decisions at the end of life.
Who This Book Is For
Orthodox clergy and chaplains
Social workers and counselors in palliative care
Healthcare professionals seeking faith-sensitive practice
Families accompanying a loved one at the end of life
Theology and social work students
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