title: What do Non-clergy Spiritual Care Providers Contribute to End of Life Care in Israel? A Qualitative Study.
abstract: Spiritual care is an increasingly important component of end of life care. As it emerges in Israel, it is intentionally built on a nonclerical model. Based on interviews with spiritual care providers in Israel, we find that they help patients and families talk about death and say goodbyes. They encourage the wrapping up of unfinished business, offer diverse cultural resources that can provide meaning, and use presence and touch to produce connection. As spiritual care emerges in Israel, providers are working with patients at the end of life in ways they see as quite distinct from rabbis. They offer broad frames of meaning to which patients from a range of religious traditions can connect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagis
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel.
authors.forename: Orly
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tal
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, MS 071, Waltham, MA, 02454, USA. wcadge@brandeis.edu.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cadge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Chaplaincy; Israel; Palliative care; Spiritual care