References and further reading

Campbell J (1988) The power of myth, New York: Doubleday.
Cobb, M, Rumbold, B. Puchalski, C (2012) Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dass R and Gorman P (1985) How can I help? London: Rider.
Department of Health (2008) End of life care strategy: promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life, London: DH
Department of Health (2009) Religion or belief: a practical guide for the NHS, London: DH
Fosha D (2003) Dyadic regulation and experiential work with emotions and relatedness, in Wilkinson M (editor) (2010) Changing minds in therapy: emotion, attachment, trauma and neurobiology, London: Norton.
Health Care Commission (2009) Investigation into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, London: Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
Department of Health (2010): Independent inquiry into the care provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust January 2005 – March 2009, London: HMSO (Chairman R. Francis)
Hitchens EW (1988) Stages of faith and values development and their implications for dealing with spiritual care in the student nurse-patient relationship, unpublished EdD thesis, Seattle: University of Seattle.
Jacobs M (1985) Swift to hear: facilitating skills in listening and responding, London: SPCK Publishing.
Kierkegaard S (1856) Sickness into death: a Christian psychological exposition for upbuilding and awakening (volume 19, version 19), Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Levine S (1984) Meetings at the edge: dialogues with the grieving and the dying, the healing and the healed, Dublin: Gateway.
McSherry W (2006) Making sense of spirituality in nursing and health care practice, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
McSherry W and Ross L (editors) (2010) Spiritual assessment in healthcare practice, Keswick: M&K Publishing.
Mooney H (2009) Can the NHS cope with God? Nursing Times, 105 (7), pp.8–10.
Narayanasamy A (2001) Spiritual care: a practical guide for nurses and health care practitioners, London: Quay
NHS Education for Scotland (2009) Spiritual care matters: an introductory resource for all NHS Scotland staff, Edinburgh, NES
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives, London: NMC
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2011) Care and compassion? Report of the Health Service Ombudsman on ten investigations into NHS care of older people, London: TSO
The Patients Association (2009) Patients... not numbers, people... not statistics, London: TPA
The Patients Association (2011) Listen to patients, speak up for change, London: TPA
Ross L (1997) Nurses’ perceptions of spiritual care, Aldershot: Avebury.
Royal College of Nursing (2011a) The RCN spirituality survey 2010: a report by the RCN on members’ views on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing practice, London: RCN.
RCN (2011b) Spirituality in nursing care: a pocket guide, London: RCN.
Swinton J (2005) in Cobb M (editor) The hospital chaplain’s handbook, Norwich: Canterbury Press.
The Janki Foundation for Global Health Care (2004) Values in healthcare: a spiritual approach. A personal and team development programme for the well-being of healthcare practitioners, London, The Janki Foundation.
Vanier J (1973) Tears of silence, London: Darton, Longman and Todd.
Winnicott DW (1965) The maturation process and the facilitating environment, London: Hogarth.
Wright S (2011) The heart and soul of nursing, Nursing Standard, 25(30), pp.18–19.