Pastoral care in the modern hospital.

Pastoral care in hospitals: a literature review.

AIMS AND BACKGROUND This literature review investigates the potential contribution of the pastoral care provided in hospitals by hospital chaplains, as part of an integrated view of patient care, particularly in institutions dealing with severe disease. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A search was conducted in the Medline database covering the last 10 years. RESULTS Ninety-eight articles were cons...

Domestic Violence A Bibliography For Pastoral Caregivers & Other Helping Professions From Sherman Hospital Chaplaincy Services and The World Pastoral Care Center

How Patients Experience Pastoral Care in a Tertiary Health Care Setting

This research aimed to establish the level of consumer experience with pastoral/spiritual care provision in a large tertiary private hospital. Two hundred and twenty-seven patients and bereaved carers of deceased patients who had received pastoral care were surveyed, with a response rate of 20% (n1⁄4 44). The key finding was the positive impact of pastoral care encounters, with the majority of ...

End of Life Care and the Chaplain's Role on the Medical Team

This article depicts a chaplain's role in various learning and teaching situations, including end-of-life care and cases requiring cultural competency and gender preferences. The cases exemplify and underscore the difference between the role of a chaplain and the imam, as well as the necessity to have imams and both male and female chaplains in the hospital. It also describes the training, educ...

A national survey of hospital directors' views about the importance of various chaplain roles: differences among disciplines and types of hospitals.

A national random sample of hospital directors was asked to rate the importance of seven categories of chaplain roles and functions: 246 nursing directors, 267 social services directors, 307 medical directors, and 611 pastoral care directors. All four groups rated end-of-life care, prayer, and emotional support as being between very important and extremely important. Other roles, including cons...