In an editorial published in BMCPalliatCare, Barry Quinn and Michael Connolly discuss the importance of spiritual care in the healthcare system and invite submissions to the journal’s new collection, ‘Spirituality in Palliative Care.'
Although being recognized by the World Health Organization as an essential domain of palliative care, spiritual care is still one of the most neglected component of the healthcare system. In this editorial, we set the context and invite contributions for aBen Okri, the great novelist, wrote about the importance of sharing stories, a process which he described as enabling a greater connection among people to the common bond of ‘human destiny, human suffering, and human transcendence’ [].
Interestingly, Okri’s views closely reflect the definition of spirituality provided by the Spirituality Reference Group of the European Association of Palliative Care , which states that ‘spirituality is the dimension of human life that relates to the way people/community experience, express and/or seek meaning, purpose and transcendence, and the way they connect to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, to the significant and/or the sacred’ [Although spirituality is a theoretical concept...
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