Bikkur Holim: the origins of Jewish pastoral care.

Diversity of topics, methods, perspectives and disciplines.

Wehave a diversemix of articles in this issue, which I am delighted to see. They are diverse with respect to the topics they explore, the methods they use, the perspectives they offer, and the professional disciplines of their authors. The authors of the first article include psychologists, chaplains, pastoral counselors, and theologians, all of whom are active healthcare researchers. The artic...

Israʾiliyyat or Traditions of Jewish Origin: A Major Instance of Transferred Traditions

One of the recent inquiries in the field of hadith studies is the investigation of transferred traditions and their causes and impacts on Shi‘i hadith circles. By exploring some traditions in the hadith collection of al-Shaykh al-Saduq and comparing the textual similarities and also the chain of transmitters, this research attempts to show that traditions of Jewish origin in the Shi‘i hadith ci...

A qualitative study of factors influencing the utilization of institutional delivery: Insights from pastoral communities, Southwest Ethiopia

Background & aim: The practice of institutional delivery services utilization is reported to be very low in Ethiopian pastoral community. In this regard, health programmers should gain an insight into factors influencing the utilization of institutional delivery to improve health facility delivery among these women. Methods:<...

Nutrition and hydration: moral and pastoral reflections.

Compassion fatigue and burnout among Rabbis working as chaplains.

Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout were studied in a convenience sample of 66 male and female Rabbis who work as chaplains and attended the annual conference of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) in 2002. Although Compassion Fatigue and Burnout were low among the survey participants, both measures were significantly higher among the women in the sample. Co...