RT Article
T1 Toward the Concept of ‘Spiritist Chaplaincy’
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 54
IS 4
SP 1460
OP 1469
A1 Saad, Marcelo
A2 Lucchetti, Giancarlo
A2 Peres, Mario Fernando Prieto
A2 Medeiros, Roberta de
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1566003741
AB In Brazil, Spiritism is the third most common religious affiliation. Notwithstanding, there are few religious assistance programs dedicated to Spiritist patients in Brazilian general hospitals and, after searching for the term ‘Spiritist Chaplaincy’ on lay and medical databases, it returns zero results. This article describes the future development of a ‘Spiritist Chaplaincy,’ exploring its concept, design, precepts, and challenges, based upon the first results of a Spiritist religious assistance program for hospitalized patients. This proposed model seems feasible to be replicated, aiming to develop in the near future a structure compatible with a proper ‘Spiritist Chaplaincy’ instead of religious hospital visits.
K1 Hospital Chaplaincy Services
K1 Pastoral Care
K1 Religion and Medicine
K1 Religious Beliefs
K1 Spiritism
DO 10.1007/s10943-015-0011-z