title: [Spirituality in children].
abstract: To talk about spirituality is a difficult subject. It is subjective and the definition it is not consensual. About children knowledge is still scarce and very limited with many issues yet to be revealed. That's why it is so difficult to work this area with doctors, nurses and other health staff This article reveals some of the existent knowledge. In it we shall discuss spirituality in children and its development through life cycle. Afterwards we link spirituality in chronic condition to the role of Nursing Care.
authors.affiliation: ICS-UCP, Porto.
authors.forename: Maria Filomena Martins
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010372:Pediatrics; D029181:Spirituality