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Journal of Palliative Medicine
Assessment and Response to Spiritual Pain: Part II

To cite this article:
Chaplain Dick Millspaugh. Journal of Palliative Medicine. December 2005, 8(6): 1110-1117. doi:10.1089/jpm.2005.8.1110.

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Chaplain Dick Millspaugh
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California.

In Part I of this article, published in October 2005, I hypothesized that the components of spiritual pain can be summarized in the following manner.

Spiritual pain or Suffering =

Thus, an assessment of spiritual pain or suffering should examine the degree to which the individual is experiencing each of these components and their relationship to each other. Now in Part II I examine the Christian sufferer's religious responses and suggest pastoral interventions.

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