Arndt Büssing is a medical doctor and professor for quality of life, spirituality, and coping at the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.

Provides a unique view on the factorial structure of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, in different languages and cultures

Offers a standardized, multidisciplinary measure of spiritual care needs

Relevant for clinical support in international populations

1. Introduction.- Part I Different Perspectives on Spiritual Needs.- 2. The Religious Under-Determination of Spiritual Needs from a Theological Perspective and Their Implications for Health and Social Care.- 3. Spiritual Care in Health Care: Guideline, Models, Spiritual Assessment and the Use of the (c)FICA Spiritual History Tool.- 4. Using the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire: A Perspective from the Ethics of Care.- Part II Assessment of Spiritual Needs.- 5. Assessing Patients' Spiritual Needs in Healthcare: An Overview of Questionnaires.- 6. Application and Implementation of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in Spiritual Care Processes.- 7. Structure of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in Patients with Chronic Diseases, Elderly and Healthy Persons and Their Association with Quality of Life Indicators.- 8. Adapted Spiritual Needs Questionnaire for Adolescents with Chronic Diseases.- 9. Structures of Spiritual Needs Questionnaire Versions in Countries with Different Cultural and Religious Background.- Part III Findings in Different Populations: Persons with Chronic Diseases.- 10. Spiritual Needs of Patients with Chronic Pain Diseases.- 11. Spiritual Needs of Non-terminally Ill Cancer Patients from Lithuania.- 12. Spiritual Needs of Cancer Patients in Iran.- 13. Development of Spiritual Needs during Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer Patients.- 14. Psychosocial, Existential and Spiritual Needs of Persons with Cystic Fibrosis.- 15. Spiritual Needs of HIV-Infected Persons from Brazil.- 16. Spiritual Needs in People with Mild to Moderate Dementia.- 17. Spiritual Needs in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.- 18. Spiritual Needs of Tumor Patients During Their Stay at a Palliative Care Unit.- Part IV Findings in Different Populations: Persons with Special Needs in Difficult Situations.- 19. Spiritual Needs of Patients in the Emergency Room.- 20. Spiritual Needs of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder.- 21. Spiritual Needs of Persons with Down Syndrome.- 22. Spiritual Needs of Adolescents with Chronic Diseases.- 23. Spiritual Needs in Postwar Population Posttrauma Patients in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.- 24. Spiritual Needs and Life Satisfaction of Refugees in Bavaria.- Part V Findings in Different Populations: Healthy Populations.- 25. Spiritual Needs of Parents with Health-Affected Children.- 26. Spiritual Needs of Elderly.- 27. Spiritual Needs of Patients' Relatives.- Part VI Relevance of Addressing Spiritual Needs for Clinical Support.- 28. Spiritual Needs, Hopes and Resources - A Chaplain's Mantra.- 29. Relevance of Addressing Spiritual Needs for Clinical Support: Nursing Perspective.- 30. Addressing Spiritual Needs in Faith Community Nursing.- 31. Physician's Perspectives on Addressing Patients' Spiritual Needs.- 32. Relevance of Addressing Spiritual Needs for Clinical Support in Palliative Medicine.- 33. Addressing Spiritual Needs and Spiritual Care from a Volunteers' Perspectives.- 34. Concluding Suggestions.