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Title Spiritual care in practice : case studies in healthcare chaplaincy / edited by George Fitchett and Steve Nolan ; foreword by Christina M. Puchalski ; afterword by John Swinton
Published London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (318 pages)
Contents God tells the doctors to pick the right medicine : LeeAnn, a 12-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis / Daniel H. Grossoehme -- I can tell you this, but not everyone understands : Erica, the mother of a 2-year-old-girl with cancer / Alice A. Hildebrand -- Why did God do this to me? : Angela, a 17-year-old girl with spinal injury / Katherine M. Piderman -- Critical response to pediatric case studies : a chaplain's perspective / Alister W. Bull -- Critical response to pediatric case studies : a psychologist's perspective / Sian Cotton -- I am frightened to close my eyes at night in case the witch comes to me in my sleep : Yesuto, a Nigerian man in his early thirties troubled his belief in witchcraft / Rosie Ratcliffe -- I tried to kill myself. will God keep me apart from the person I love in the life-after? : June, a 78-year-old woman who attempted suicide / Christopher Swift -- My family wants me to see a priest, it can't hurt, right? : Nate, a 20-year-old man and his sexual identity / Angelika A. Zollfrank -- Critical response to psychiatric case studies : a chaplain/psychologist's perspective / Grame D. Gibbons -- Critical response to psychiatric case studies: a psychiatrist's perspective / Warren Kinghorn -- I need to do the right thing for him : Andrew, a Canadian veteran at the end of his life, and his daughter Lee / Jim Huth, Wes Roberts -- What can you do for me? : David a mid-sixties Jewish man with stage IV pancreatic cancer / Nina Redl -- Tell her that it's OK to release her spirit : Maria, a Native American woman, grieving the loss of her dying mother / Richard C. Weyls -- Critical response to palliative case studies: a chaplain's perspective / David Mitchell -- Critical responses to palliative case studies : a nurse's perspective / Barbara Pesut -- Ethical issues in case study publicaiton / David B. McCurdy -- Afterword / John Swinton
Summary Revealing the richness and depth of understanding that chaplaincy brings to direct work with patients, these in-depth case studies and critical responses from other chaplains and healthcare professionals give insight into spiritual carer-patient work in a range of settings and the vital work of chaplains in the healthcare team
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Medicine -- Religious aspects.
Chaplains, Hospital.
Pastoral medicine.
Spirituality.
Pastoral Care -- methods
Chaplaincy Service, Hospital -- methods
Patients -- psychology
Spirituality
Religion and Medicine
Chaplaincy Service, Hospital
Counselling & Advice Services.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Adult.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Counseling & Recovery.
Spirituality
Chaplains, Hospital
Medicine -- Religious aspects
Pastoral medicine
Spirituality & religious experience.
Religious social & pastoral thought & activity.
Theology.
Social counselling & advice services.
Medicine: general issues.
Psychotherapy: counselling.
Nursing & ancillary services.
Home nursing & caring.
Religion.
Form Electronic book
Author Fitchett, George, 1948- editor.
Nolan, Steve, editor
Bull, Alister W
Grossoehme, Daniel H
Piderman, Katherine M
Gibbons, Graeme
Zollfrank, Angelika
Cotton, Sian
Andrious-Ratcliffe, Rosie
Swift, Chris
McCurdy, David
Pesut, Barbara
Redl, Nina
Weyls, Richard C
Mitchell, David
Roberts, Wes
Huth, Jim
Kinghorn, Warren
Hildebrand, Alice
ISBN 9780857008763
0857008765