Consensus Definitions of Spirituality
| Year | Conference | Final Consensus Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Improving Quality Spiritual Care as a Domain of Palliative Care | Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature and to the significant or sacred (Ref. 6, p 887). |
| 2010 | European Association for Palliative Care | Spirituality is the dynamic dimension of human life that relates to the way persons (individual and community) experience, express and/or seek meaning, purpose and transcendence, and the way they connect to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, to the significant, and/or the sacred (Ref. 20, p 644). |
| 2013 | International Consensus Conference on Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: The Transformational Role of Compassion, Love, and Forgiveness in Health Care | Spirituality is a dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and experience relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred. Spirituality is expressed through beliefs, values, traditions, and practices (Ref. 20, p 646). |