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Spiritual Care in Practice Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy
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Fitchett and Nolan, along with the writers of these cases, have provided us with a long-missing resource essential to the further integration of spiritual care and professional chaplaincy into healthcare. These cases should become fundamental to every chaplain's training and every interdisciplinary team's discussion about spiritual care. Swinton's Afterword sets the context brilliantly and probably should be read first. Kudos all around! - The Rev. George Handzo, BCC, Director of Health Services Research & Quality, HealthCare Chaplaincy Network This ground-breaking book will enable healthcare chaplains to critically reflect on the care they provide and communicate their work more effectively. It will be a valuable tool for educating new chaplains, for continuing education for experienced chaplains, and for students of practical theology, as well as for others working in healthcare. - Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
About the Author
George Fitchett, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. He holds an appointment in Rush's Department of Preventative Medicine and has been a certified chaplain and pastoral supervisor for over 30 years. Steve Nolan, Ph.D., is a palliative care chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Surrey, UK. With 10 years' clinical experience, he teaches and writes on spiritual care at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the author of Spiritual Care at the End of Life, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Fitchett and Nolan, along with the writers of these cases, have provided us with a long-missing resource essential to the further integration of spiritual care and professional chaplaincy into healthcare. These cases should become fundamental to every chaplain's training and every interdisciplinary team's discussion about spiritual care. Swinton's Afterword sets the context brilliantly and probably should be read first. Kudos all around! - The Rev. George Handzo, BCC, Director of Health Services Research & Quality, HealthCare Chaplaincy Network This ground-breaking book will enable healthcare chaplains to critically reflect on the care they provide and communicate their work more effectively. It will be a valuable tool for educating new chaplains, for continuing education for experienced chaplains, and for students of practical theology, as well as for others working in healthcare. - Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
About the Author
George Fitchett, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. He holds an appointment in Rush's Department of Preventative Medicine and has been a certified chaplain and pastoral supervisor for over 30 years. Steve Nolan, Ph.D., is a palliative care chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Surrey, UK. With 10 years' clinical experience, he teaches and writes on spiritual care at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the author of Spiritual Care at the End of Life, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
320 pages, Paperback
First published February 15, 2015
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November 29, 2016
I love the premise. The writers point out in pastoral care we only read other novices verbatims. This book gives us verbatims from experiences chaplains and their work is pure gold. Each verbatim is followed with an outside chaplains assessment as well as an expert.
The only thing I would have changed is an addition of a delusional patient in the mental health section all the patients there had a clear ability to reason and I would love to see effective pastoral care with people who do not have the ability to reason.
The only thing I would have changed is an addition of a delusional patient in the mental health section all the patients there had a clear ability to reason and I would love to see effective pastoral care with people who do not have the ability to reason.
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