Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
Online ISSN : 2189-5996
Print ISSN : 0385-0307
ISSN-L : 0385-0307
Spiritual-care Perspective in Medicine
Toshiyuki Kubotera
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2010 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 353-363

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We all live in three different relations: "I and You", "I and self" and "I and the transcendent others". When one's life faces a crisis, one becomes more aware of the transcendent others and the ultimate self than in other times. The spiritual care is to help a patient to realize and empower these relations, which in turn will facilitate him/her to take a better look at the foundation, the meaning and the hope of life from the holistic standpoint. As a result, the patient will be led to experience a cure of self-restoration. The medical staff needs to have a sensitiveness to spiritual care and ability to interpret patients'words and behaviors.
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