Specialized Spiritual Care in Paliative Care: reflections and experiences of a spiritual assistant

Specialized spiritual care in Palliative Care is not limited to people facing an end-of-life process, or those experiencing a crisis of faith related to their religious beliefs. The objective of this article is to explore a conceptualization of spirituality that also refers to the demands of meaning and, especially in the field of health, is attentive to a suffering that is not invisible, but made invisible, related to the absence of meaning in existence. To this end, a narrative study was developed on the notions of spirituality, religiosity and spiritual care, highlighting the practical implications of these concepts. Finally, the result at the end of this work, shows through narrative how the concepts developed here can constitute possibilities of offering comprehensive care to the subjects.