The Value of Observing an Autopsy in Clergy and Pastoral Care Education

The value of observing an autopsy for clergy and students training to provide pastoral care is that it raises consciousness about death and dying, assists in the participants' healing from loss, provides resources for ministering to the bereaved, builds a network with other professionals respon...

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Main Author: Graham, Larry Kent 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2007
In: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2007, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 365-378
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:The value of observing an autopsy for clergy and students training to provide pastoral care is that it raises consciousness about death and dying, assists in the participants' healing from loss, provides resources for ministering to the bereaved, builds a network with other professionals responding to death and dying, and evokes viscerally-generated insights into theological questions concerning body and soul, life after death, and concepts of God in relation to death and bereavement.
ISSN:2167-776X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/154230500706100409