Recognizing being a health care provider as a ministry of service, what are ways a health care provider can prepare to address spirituality in health situations for each of the following groups?

1. Oneself
2. One's patient
3. The patient's family
4. One's colleagues Spirituality is an essential part of healthcare. In healthcare, spirituality is identified with encountering a well-established sense of meaning and purpose in life, together with a sense of belonging; it is about acceptance, integration and wholeness (Sheldon, 2008). According to Harvey (2006), Spirituality is about oneness, oneness with oneself, oneness with people in our immediate environment, oneness with family, oneness with friends, colleagues, classmates, associates, strangers (p. 33). In order for health care...