Translating Spiritual Care in the Chaplain Profession
Chaplains provide a much-needed service to patients and families requiring spiritual care in the healthcare setting. Despite evidence documenting improvements quality of life for patients using spiritual services, chaplains experience challenges in translating the benefits they provide into concepts...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2013, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-16 |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Translation B Chaplaincy Profession B Chaplain |
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| Summary: | Chaplains provide a much-needed service to patients and families requiring spiritual care in the healthcare setting. Despite evidence documenting improvements quality of life for patients using spiritual services, chaplains experience challenges in translating the benefits they provide into concepts understood by patients, team members, and administrators. A qualitative study using interviews with 19 chaplains found that translation problems occur in three main areas: (a) justifying the role to patients and families, (b) determinations of what constitutes a “productive” employee, and (c) effective collaboration with other members of the health care team. This study outlines several strategies used by chaplains to ease the process of translation, as well as some directions for future research. |
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| ISSN: | 2167-776X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/154230501306700106 |