our aim
...for whole-person care through whole-person carers
Spirited Scotland exists to promote excellence in the research and practice of whole person health and social care in Scotland. It is supported by the Scottish Executive Health Quality Division who are concerned to promote person-centred health care and service delivery. Part of this vision includes reference to the importance of the spiritual aspects of human life. A number of coincidential - some would say synergistic - events have resulted in increasing enquiry into the relationship between health, well-being and spiritual matters. This interest is a mirror of a growing international interest in spirituality and well-being.
forum
To support this interest, we have set up an online forum (or discussion area) with three aims:
- to help stimulate discussion
- to disseminate best practice and
- to form the nucleus around which a community of those interested can engage.
It is open to all, health care workers, researchers, administrators, anyone with an interest in the link between health and spiritual matters. We encourage you to sign up and both read and contribute. To kick-start discussions, we regularly publish thought provoking articles by leading researchers and practitioners. You are invited to share your thoughts on these articles. Each article has it own dedicated area of the forum - please add your comments to the discussion you will find there.
Debate in the Spirited Scotland forum is not however, limited to the topics we suggest. Any issue or concern relevent to spirituality and health care can be aired here. Please feel free to start a new topic or thread of discussion.
events
This website and forum is intended to act as an information distribution point: a networking tool for people interested in this field. It will offer up to date information about courses, conferences and published materials, which will stimulate those interested.
Details about forthcoming events - conferences, workshops, teaching events and useful references - are all most welcome.
