The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care

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Autor(a) principal: Romeiro, Joana
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Caldeira, Sílvia, Brady, Vivienne, Hall, Jenny, Timmins, Fiona
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33781
Resumo: Infertility is a worldwide public health issue that exerts an in-depth impact on couples, families, communities and the individual. This reproductive health condition, along with fertility treatments, often forces couples to question their purpose and meaning in life, and to begin a spiritual journey. Nursing and midwifery literature describes the care of those living with infertility, but often lacks a clear approach of the spiritual dimension, and diagnosis and interventions may not be effectively addressed. In this paper, we present a discussion about spirituality and the assessment of spiritual needs such as hope, beliefs, meaning and satisfaction in life. In addition, spiritual needs are defined, for both nurses and midwives, and spiritual interventions are proposed for promoting couples’ resilience and spiritual well-being. Spirituality should be considered from the beginning to the end of life. It is necessary to translate this into the development and implementation of both specific policies regarding a spiritual approach and advanced education and training programs for nurses and midwives who care for infertile couples.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
title The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
spellingShingle The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
Romeiro, Joana
Infertility
Midwifery
Nursing
Spiritual care
Spirituality
title_short The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
title_full The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
title_fullStr The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
title_full_unstemmed The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
title_sort The spiritual journey of infertile couples: discussing the opportunity for spiritual care
author Romeiro, Joana
author_facet Romeiro, Joana
Caldeira, Sílvia
Brady, Vivienne
Hall, Jenny
Timmins, Fiona
author_role author
author2 Caldeira, Sílvia
Brady, Vivienne
Hall, Jenny
Timmins, Fiona
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Romeiro, Joana
Caldeira, Sílvia
Brady, Vivienne
Hall, Jenny
Timmins, Fiona
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Infertility
Midwifery
Nursing
Spiritual care
Spirituality
topic Infertility
Midwifery
Nursing
Spiritual care
Spirituality
description Infertility is a worldwide public health issue that exerts an in-depth impact on couples, families, communities and the individual. This reproductive health condition, along with fertility treatments, often forces couples to question their purpose and meaning in life, and to begin a spiritual journey. Nursing and midwifery literature describes the care of those living with infertility, but often lacks a clear approach of the spiritual dimension, and diagnosis and interventions may not be effectively addressed. In this paper, we present a discussion about spirituality and the assessment of spiritual needs such as hope, beliefs, meaning and satisfaction in life. In addition, spiritual needs are defined, for both nurses and midwives, and spiritual interventions are proposed for promoting couples’ resilience and spiritual well-being. Spirituality should be considered from the beginning to the end of life. It is necessary to translate this into the development and implementation of both specific policies regarding a spiritual approach and advanced education and training programs for nurses and midwives who care for infertile couples.
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