Assessment of Pastoral Needs among Medical Outpatients

Reports research findings on samples of hospital outpatients, hospital inpatients, and well persons from the community in an attempt to explore the content and extent of pastoral needs among medical/surgical outpatients. Analyzes and presents statistical data which lead to the conclusion that the sp...

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Authors: VandeCreek, Larry (Author) ; Benes, Susan (Author) ; Nye, Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1993
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1993, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-53
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Reports research findings on samples of hospital outpatients, hospital inpatients, and well persons from the community in an attempt to explore the content and extent of pastoral needs among medical/surgical outpatients. Analyzes and presents statistical data which lead to the conclusion that the spiritual needs of outpatients manifest greater similarity to healthy persons in the community than to hospital inpatients. Notes limitations of the study and discusses praxis implications for chaplains.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099304700106