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Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Care for the Baby and Family

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Palliative care for babies and their families should not solely focus on clinical care. Neonatal palliative care embraces physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements of care (Together for Short Lives (TfSL), A perinatal pathway for babies with palliative care needs, 2nd edn, 2017). Ensuring individual concepts within neonatal palliative care are maintained, assures spirituality, cultural and religious care are recognised and understood.

Nurses need to understand the role they can play in providing this vital aspect of care, as well as how and when to involve members of the chaplaincy team, either within the organisation they work in, or externally.

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  1. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Revd Dorothy Moore-Brooks

  2. WellChild, Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care, Great Ormond Street Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Tara Kerr-Elliott

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  1. Pan London Lead Nurse, Neonatal Palliative Care, The True Colours Trust CW+ and Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Alexandra Mancini

  2. Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St. George’s University London, London, UK

    Jayne Price

  3. WellChild Nurse Specialist, Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

    Tara Kerr-Elliott

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Moore-Brooks, R.D., Kerr-Elliott, T. (2020). Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Care for the Baby and Family. In: Mancini, A., Price, J., Kerr-Elliott, T. (eds) Neonatal Palliative Care for Nurses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31877-2_5

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