Abstract

GONZALEZ MENENDEZ, Ricardo. Lo espiritual en el contexto de la relación profesional del equipo de salud. Educ Med Super [online]. 2004, vol.18, n.1. ISSN 0864-2141.

For contributing to clarify the concept of spirituality in the field of health and its importance in the professional relations of the team, the author considers that, despite the close interrelation between the cultural element and the spiritual element and the possibility of using them as synonyms in others fields of knowledge, it is necessary to differentiate them in the context of health for objectively delimit the cultural objectives and the spiritual objectives. Taking as a basis the Marti´s concept on the spiritual thing as that which induces behaviours not related to the body´s needs, a continuum of individual needs is set, which correlates with the biological, psychological, social and cultural levels of the integrality of the human being. The qualitative leap involved in assuming the others´ needs as if they were ours is stressed as an expression of the spiritual level. The paper stresses the importance of fulfilling the educational and instructional objectives in the formation of the health personnel, both in their cultural and spiritual projection, so as to guarantee graduates capable of meeting the users´ needs on account of their scientific-technical preparation and their human values

Keywords : PHISYCIAN - PATIENT RELATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; COMUNITY-INSTITUCIONAL RELATIONS; ETHICS MEDICAL; BIOETHICS; COMUNITY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY, MEDICAL; HUMANISM; ESPIRITUALITY.