In Due Course

In last week’s posting of In Due Course, I described the social dimension of care for a person coping with dying. This week I will cover the fourth and  last dimension, the spiritual one. The spiritual dimension of care is based on the spiritual tasks the dying person faces that I described in Dying: Spiritual Tasks. As a reminder, these tasks include a search for meaning and for (re-)establishing and maintaining connectedness to oneself, others, and the person’s own perception of the transcendent. It is probably obvious that the spiritual aspect of a person’s life, whether dying or not, is not a stand-alone aspect. It permeates throughout the physical, psychological, and social aspects as well.

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