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MUNOZ DEVESA, Aarón; MORALES MORENO, Isabel; BERMEJO HIGUERA, José Carlos  e  GALAN GONZALEZ SERNA, José María. Nursing care and spiritual suffering. Index Enferm [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.3, pp.153-156. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962014000200008.

All human beings suffer, especially during the imbalance produced by diseases. This is the reason why knowing what spiritual suffering is and what spiritual health is it is an important objective that must be reached by nursing interventions. Otherwise, person in a whole sense is not being respected, dignity is not recognized, health is dehumanized and there is a lack of quality in the provided nursing care. We also have to bear in mind that this health problem affects other areas of human life, being spirituality one of the factors that can develop a stronger influence in the welfare of the person or in the recovery time. In this article we try to describe human suffering, included in the spiritual area and its nursing care. Without including that, we can't speak about holism.

Palavras-chave : Spirituality; Spiritual Health; Suffering; Relationship Help; Nursing; Dehumanization; Spiritual Care.