The creative juxtaposition of the 1985 article to the 2013 update in Spirituality for Credit: Finding a Place in the Secular Curriculum by Verna Carson and Ruth Gerardi in the 30th anniversary issue of JCN (30:1) demonstrates the irony of prolific advances in healthcare and yet the status of spiritual care has not changed in almost 30 years. Although there's a plethora of literature to support the need for holistic care addressing body, mind, and spirit, there's an almost nonexistent translation to practice where spiritual care is concerned. Recognizing the need, The Joint Commission (2008) requires that spiritual assessments be performed for each patient admitted into a hospital, nursing home, or home health services. We must remember that the point of asking the questions is to help the patient, not satisfy the regulation.
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