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Spirituality and Spiritual Care in the Arab World

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Abstract

Recent advancements in medical technology and pharmacological treatments have increased life spans and also the number of people living with chronic diseases. The growing number of people with chronic diseases will need frequent hospitalizations, subjecting them to stress, anxiety, and depression. Providing spiritual care to these patients benefits their health and improves their quality of life. Despite these benefits, health-care professionals, including health-care providers in the Arab countries, tend to provide inadequate spiritual care to their patents as they tend to focus on the physical needs of their patients.

Spirituality and spiritual care are deeply rooted in Arab countries as they are part of the Islamic practice which prevails in the area. The authors of this chapter explain the interwoven relationship between religion and spirituality and how a Muslim’s beliefs affect healthy behaviors. Based on their religious beliefs, Muslims use the Quran, prayer, Dua’a, and Ruqya as a means for spiritual care.

Research over the last decade suggests several barriers that impede spiritual care in the Arab countries and other parts of the world. Examples of these barriers include inadequate staff, lack of time, lack of training on provision of spiritual care, the ambiguity of spirituality, and the absence of spiritual care in the job descriptions for health-care professionals.

More attention has been paid recently to spirituality in health care, and the relationship between spirituality and illness is at the center of a growing body of literature in Western countries. As a result, many hospitals in the West have started to offer spiritual care to their patients and assigned clergy within the health-care team. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of literature on this topic in Arab countries, but there is recent emergence of literature in some Arab countries, particularly from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine. To improve the level of spiritual care provided in Arab countries, new policies should be adopted. In this chapter, the authors propose several recommendations to improve the assessment and provision of spiritual care within Arab health-care systems. Examples include increasing the number of staff, providing training to staff on assessing and providing spiritual care, and adopting new polices to ensure spiritual care to Arab patients.

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Abbreviations

CARF:

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

JCAHO:

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

PBUH:

Peace be upon him

WHO:

World Health Organization

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Abu-El-Noor, M.K., Abu-El-Noor, N.I. (2019). Spirituality and Spiritual Care in the Arab World. In: Laher, I. (eds) Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74365-3_68-1

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