TY - JOUR
T1 - Competencies for quality spiritual care in palliative care in Latin America
T2 - from the Spirituality Commission of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care
AU - Espinel, Jorge
AU - Colautti, Norma
AU - Donoso, Maria M.Reyes
AU - Saca, Jose Mario López
AU - Rios, Miriam Elisa Riveros
AU - Mazzotti, Umberto
AU - González, Ismariel I.Espín
AU - Mas, Monica
AU - Rios, Myriam
AU - Ramos, Laura
AU - Paz, Marco Antonio Rodríguez
AU - Bonilla, Patricia
AU - Delgado Guay, Marvin O.
N1 - Funding Information:
Peer Review File: Available at https://apm.amegroups.com/ article/view/10.21037/apm-22-519/prf Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://apm. amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/apm-22-519/coif). MODG serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Annals of Palliative Medicine from April 2022 to March 2024. MODG is supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (No. R01 CA200867). This study did not have any funding. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Spiritual care is an essential part of quality palliative care. However, the literature regarding spiritual care competencies in Latin America is limited. Herein we propose the basic quality standards for spiritual care in palliative care according to best professional practices and provide a common vocabulary and required competencies for quality clinical spiritual care. Both elements, quality standards and a common vocabulary, are part of an essential step implementing continuous educational initiatives among interdisciplinary palliative care teams in Latin America. Members of the Spirituality Commission of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care and three members of independent professional palliative care organizations identified and reviewed our proposed spiritual care competencies and created a consensus document describing the competencies for general spiritual care. In the context of palliative care in Latin America, general spiritual care is provided by members of interdisciplinary teams. We proposed six competencies for high-quality general spiritual care and their observable behaviors that every member of an interdisciplinary palliative care team should have to provide quality clinical spiritual care in their daily practice: (I) personal, spiritual, and professional development; (II) ethics of spiritual care; (III) assessment of spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions; (IV) empathic and compassionate communication; (V) supportive and collaborative relationships among the interdisciplinary team; and (VI) inclusivity and diversity.
AB - Spiritual care is an essential part of quality palliative care. However, the literature regarding spiritual care competencies in Latin America is limited. Herein we propose the basic quality standards for spiritual care in palliative care according to best professional practices and provide a common vocabulary and required competencies for quality clinical spiritual care. Both elements, quality standards and a common vocabulary, are part of an essential step implementing continuous educational initiatives among interdisciplinary palliative care teams in Latin America. Members of the Spirituality Commission of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care and three members of independent professional palliative care organizations identified and reviewed our proposed spiritual care competencies and created a consensus document describing the competencies for general spiritual care. In the context of palliative care in Latin America, general spiritual care is provided by members of interdisciplinary teams. We proposed six competencies for high-quality general spiritual care and their observable behaviors that every member of an interdisciplinary palliative care team should have to provide quality clinical spiritual care in their daily practice: (I) personal, spiritual, and professional development; (II) ethics of spiritual care; (III) assessment of spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions; (IV) empathic and compassionate communication; (V) supportive and collaborative relationships among the interdisciplinary team; and (VI) inclusivity and diversity.
KW - Latin America
KW - Spiritual care
KW - competencies
KW - religiosity
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.21037/apm-22-519
DO - 10.21037/apm-22-519
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36226645
AN - SCOPUS:85140431897
SN - 2224-5820
VL - 11
SP - 3247
EP - 3262
JO - Annals of Palliative Medicine
JF - Annals of Palliative Medicine
IS - 10
ER -