Abstract:
Across the globe, spiritual care is offered by individuals, healthcare chaplains, and
humanitarian, social and related spiritual groups on account of zeal, voluntary and
paid services. Sometimes, services are provided without understanding the connectivity
of compassion, spiritual care, and scientific protocols. There are instances
where health professionals and managers disagree with spiritual caregivers or reject
spiritual services because of poor service deliveries in conflict with healthcare protocols.
Against this background, this article focuses on how spiritual care services can
be provided scientifically to improve service delivery. It presents leading questions
to link the scientific and compassionate approach to spiritual care. These include-
What is science? What is compassion? What is spiritual care? What makes compassion
and spiritual care scientific? Are there tenets of compassion in religions?
How are compassion, science and spiritual care linked? What are the implications of
the intersections for public health and safety? Hopefully, the provided answers may
improve the service delivery performance of spiritual caregivers and their collaboration
with healthcare professionals, social workers, and related groups.
