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Abstract
Recent research about religion and health points toward the concept of spiritual risk, being at risk for poor health outcomes as a result of underdeveloped, conflicted, overwhelmed, or negative spirituality. This paper will: 1) describe the development of the concept of spiritual risk, 2) define the concept of spiritual risk, 3) describe the need for screening for spiritual risk, 4) describe how measures to screen for spiritual risk can be developed and tested, and 5) discuss the implications of screening for spiritual risk for the work of chaplains and other health professionals.
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George Fitchett
George Fitchett, D.Min, BCC, is Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Religion, Health and Human Values, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Correspondence may be directed to him at the Medical Center, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612. An earlier version of this paper was presented at a conference celebrating 30 years of CPE at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia on June 30, 1998. It was published as “Spiritual Risk and Spiritual Care” in Ministry, Society, and Theology 12, no. 2 (November, 1998): 7–29.