Describing What Chaplains do in Hospitals

Reports on a research project that describes the unique activities in which chaplains engage as they provide pastoral care and counseling and spiritual direction to patients in a large, acute tertiary referral medical center in Melbourne, Australia. Analyzes 57,704 entries which described what hospi...

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Authors: Gibbons, Graeme (Author) ; Retsas, Andrew (Author) ; Pinikahana, Jaya (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1999
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1999, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-207
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Reports on a research project that describes the unique activities in which chaplains engage as they provide pastoral care and counseling and spiritual direction to patients in a large, acute tertiary referral medical center in Melbourne, Australia. Analyzes 57,704 entries which described what hospital chaplains do when interacting with patients over a period of five and one-half years. Identifies as the core activities “promoting spiritual transcending” (57.6% of all entries), “promoting spiritual intactness” (36.1% of all entries) and “enacting ministry” (6.2% of all entries).
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099905300209