Multi-faith Chaplaincy's Outcomes-Based Measures: The Tail that Wags the Dog

The current manner of practicing chaplaincy in health care is one which prizes the multi-faith chaplain. When one asks multi-faith chaplain, "To whom are you beholden?" they will respond, "The patient." This is evident in the way that chaplaincy is currently practiced and taught,...

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Subtitles:"To Whom is the Chaplain Beholden?"
Main Author: Tenorio, Addison S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2024
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-56
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AX Inter-religious relations
CB Christian life; spirituality
RG Pastoral care
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Summary:The current manner of practicing chaplaincy in health care is one which prizes the multi-faith chaplain. When one asks multi-faith chaplain, "To whom are you beholden?" they will respond, "The patient." This is evident in the way that chaplaincy is currently practiced and taught, which prizes the use of psychology over recourse to theology. Chaplaincy's recourse to practices whose aims are directed toward the efficient rather than the eternal challenges its original telos. This paper looks at this question by blending a Catholic and Engelhardtian approach to conclude that chaplains should recognize that they are beholden to God, rather than to patients' autonomy.
ISSN:1744-4195
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/cb/cbad028