RT Article
T1 Pain Control and Chaplaincy in Aotearoa New Zealand
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 53
IS 5
SP 1562
OP 1574
A1 Carey, Lindsay B.
A1 Krikheli, Lillian
A1 Marsden, Candace Renee
A1 Polita, Carla
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668456761
AB This paper summarizes the results of 100 New Zealand health care chaplains with regard to their involvement in issues concerning pain control within the New Zealand health care context. Both quantitative (via survey) and qualitative methods (in-depth interviewing) were utilized. The findings of this study indicated that approximately 52 % of surveyed hospital chaplains had provided some form of pastoral intervention directly to patients and/or their families dealing with issues concerning pain and that approximately 30 % of hospital chaplains had assisted clinical staff with issues concerning pain. NZ chaplaincy personnel involved in pain-related issues utilized a number of pastoral interventions to assist patients, their families and clinical staff. Differences of involvement between professionally stipended hospital chaplains and their volunteer chaplaincy assistants are noted, as are the perspectives of interviewed chaplains about their pastoral interventions with issues relating to pain. Some implications of this study with respect to chaplaincy utility, training and collaboration with clinical staff are noted, as are comparisons with international findings.
K1 Aotearoa New Zealand
K1 Health care chaplains
K1 Pain
K1 Pastoral Care
DO 10.1007/s10943-013-9748-4