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'Spiritual Care in NHSScotland' emphasises spiritual care as broader than religious care, and makes clear the importance of well resourced spiritual and religious care within healthcare. In response, chaplaincy must become more accountable and professional. There are implications for ongoing training and registration of chaplains, and this may well create difficulties for part time and volunteer chaplains, as well as for church authorities. However, the Guidelines are to be welcomed as a means to improving practice in healthcare settings.

Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care -- Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment -- The path not chosen : recurrence and chronic illness perspective: cultural competency -- Entering the unknown : the shift toward hospice palliative care perspective : intimacy and sexuality -- The long and winding road : illness predominates perspective : dying children and youth -- Watching and waiting : as death approaches perspective : suffering and despair -- The parting of the ways : time of death perspective : support for the hospice palliative care team -- Walking the edges : when a death occurs perspective: working with thoughts and emotions -- Entering the depths : adjusting to loss perspective: grief : it's complicated -- Reconnecting with the world : mending the heart

Self-awareness and communication -- Sex, gender, sexual orientation, behavior, and health -- Understanding attitudes and access to care -- The history and physical examination -- Shared decision making and family dynamics -- Care planning and coordination -- Ethical and legal issues -- Patient and family education and advocacy -- Psychosocial and spiritual issues -- Ensuring institutional inclusiveness

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Getting Started -- Unit 1.1 Gaining Perspectives -- Part 2 Understanding the Caregiver's Self -- Unit 2.1 Reflecting on Death -- Unit 2.2 Mindfulness -- Unit 2.3 Self-Knowledge -- Unit 2.4 Spiritual Knowledge -- Unit 2.5 The Whole Self: Body-Mind-Spirit -- Unit 2.6 Facing Death -- Part 3 Understanding Ourselves in Service of the Dying Person -- Unit 3.1 Social and Cultural Influences -- Unit 3.2 Spiritual and Religious Influences -- Unit 3.3 The Nature of Loss and Suffering -- Part 4 Ways of Helping the Dying Person -- Unit 4.1 Fundamentals of Communication -- Unit 4.2 Compassionate Presence, Mindful Listening, and Effective Responding -- Unit 4.3 Fears and Assumptions about Death -- Unit 4.4 Narratives of Suffering -- Unit 4.5 Expressive Activities That Aid in Relieving Suffering -- Part 5 Honoring the Caregiver -- Unit 5.1 Nurture and Honor Yourself!

This practicum report is a summary and reflection upon a Master of Social Work practicum completed at Victoria Hospice, supporting my desire to understand the role of a social worker within an interdisciplinary hospice palliative healthcare team. Several aspects of my practicum experience are explored through a literature review, embracing a biopsychosocial-spiritual model of practice. Included is a brief examination of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and its legislation in Canada. The knowledge gained from this practicum will guide my hospice palliative social work practice in northern BC, which in turn will provide a learning environment for future social work students wanting to specialize in this area of practice. ; Palliative Care

This practicum report is a summary and reflection upon a Master of Social Work practicum completed at Victoria Hospice, supporting my desire to understand the role of a social worker within an interdisciplinary hospice palliative healthcare team. Several aspects of my practicum experience are explored through a literature review, embracing a biopsychosocial-spiritual model of practice. Included is a brief examination of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and its legislation in Canada. The knowledge gained from this practicum will guide my hospice palliative social work practice in northern BC, which in turn will provide a learning environment for future social work students wanting to specialize in this area of practice. ; Palliative Care

This article examines the intersection between masculinity, military culture, and hospice and palliative care (HPC). The authors conducted a narrative literature review, supplemented with clinical annotations, to identify the impact of masculinity and military culture on the following topics salient to end-of-life care with older male veterans: pain management, mental health, coping, communication, autonomy and respect, and family roles. Findings suggest that traits associated with masculinity and military culture have an influence on the end-of-life process and HPC for older male veterans. Specifically, results suggest that older male veterans may deny or minimize physical pain, decline mental health treatment, utilize maladaptive coping strategies, avoid emotional conversations, struggle to manage perceived shifts in autonomy, and experience challenges negotiating changing family roles. The authors provide clinical recommendations for providers across various disciplines to address the aforementioned concerns with older male veterans in HPC. Overall, information presented in this article may be an important contribution to the literature for building cultural competencies with older male veterans and has the potential to improve the delivery of HPC for veterans and their families.