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Health policy and high profile investigations about poor care delivery in England emphasise the need for health professionals to ensure care is patient-centred, addressing each individual's physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Person-centred practice, valuing the uniqueness of the individual, is central to the philosophy of occupational therapy. Spirituality is a key dimension of person-centredness but how to address it in everyday practice remains a challenge. This article reports on a concept analysis which was undertaken to explore the empirical referents of addressing the spiritual as a means of guiding practice, and the antecedents and attributes underpinning spirituality as a dimension of occupational therapy practice. A range of health-related databases were searched from 2000 to 2013. Eight studies that focused on spirituality and occupational therapy practice were included in the concept analysis …