@inbook{10.5149/9780807867693_holder.3, ISBN = {9780807855294}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807867693_holder.3}, abstract = {This handbook seeks specifically to assist anyone who chooses to serve as a close companion for a terminally ill relative or friend. These companions are truly the unsung heroes of end-of-life care. Our hope is that the handbook will teach them how to include spiritual care in companionship.What do we mean by spiritual care? Spiritual care for the purpose of this handbook is soul care, helping the human spirit in its search for peace. It is the attempt to help those near the end of life feel whole, fulfilled, and in harmony with their world and their higher power.}, author = {J. Richard Williams}, bookauthor = {JENNIFER SUTTON HOLDER and JANN ALDREDGE-CLANTON}, booktitle = {Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life}, pages = {ix--x}, publisher = {University of North Carolina Press}, title = {Foreword}, year = {2004} }