Table 2 Guiding questions for semi-structured focus group discussions
From: Spiritual care practices in hospices in the Western cape, South Africa: the challenge of diversity
Positioning spiritual care services as offered by the hospices in the Western Cape | |
1. | What is your understanding of the South African National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care 2017–2022 (NPFSPC)? |
2. | How does the NPFSPC influence service delivery at your hospice? |
3. | Does your hospice offer spiritual care services? |
4. | Describe the nature of the spiritual care intervention provided by your organisation. |
5. | What has the benefit been to the patient/family after receiving spiritual care intervention? |
The role of spiritual care within a hospice in a diverse SA context | |
6. | Describe the role of spiritual care as one of the four pillars of palliative care within your hospice. |
7. | How would you describe the role of the spiritual care workers within the Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) or Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) at your hospice? |
8. | Given the range of diversity of SA, how would you say this affects the thinking of spiritual care delivery within your hospice? |
Skills and training needs of a spiritual care worker towards the development of a spiritual care training curriculum | |
9. | What skills are needed to provide spiritual care services? |
10. | What resources are needed to provide spiritual care services? |
11. | Are your spiritual care workers trained in spiritual care? |
12. | What would you consider to be the curriculum needs of spiritual care workers? |
13. | What would you consider to be the curriculum content of a spiritual care training programme within a hospice palliative care setting in SA? |