Revealing the richness and depth of understanding that chaplaincy brings to direct work with patients, these new in-depth case studies and critical responses from other chaplains and healthcare professionals give insight into key areas that are receiving increasing attention such working with veterans, children, and use of ritual.
Through a rich variety of case studies, this book provides insight into the patient's needs and the chaplain's perspective, as well as discussions of spiritual assessments and spiritual care interventions. Case studies such as a request to baptise a child complicated due to his admission for 'psychiatric reasons', as well as work with military veterans, such as a female transgender veteran who has been alienated from her faith, show the breadth and complexity of work that chaplains undertake daily. Each section also includes critical responses to the case studies presented from a chaplain and related healthcare professional. This book will enable chaplains to critically reflect on the spiritual care they provide, and provide an informed perspective for healthcare professionals and others involved in chaplaincy services.
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Case studies and critical reflections on how healthcare chaplains actually work with the people in their care
| Introduction: Autoethnography in Chaplain Case Study Research |
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Part 1 Chaplains' Care in Paediatrics |
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1 `That's great! You can tell us how you are feeling' -- Mark, a recently severely physically disabled 11-year-old boy with a brain tumour |
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2 `She's already done so much' -- Sarah, diagnosed prenatally with trisomy 18, and her family |
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3 Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies: A Paediatric Chaplain's Perspective |
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4 Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies: A Paediatric Nurse's Perspective |
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Part 2 Chaplains' Care for Veterans |
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5 `He is disappointed I am not the son he wanted. I tried and tried to deny I am a girl' -- Vicki, a male-to-female transgender veteran |
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6 `I was able to go to confession' -- Mrs Helen, a survivor of military sexual trauma perpetrated by a religious leader |
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7 Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies: A Chaplaincy Perspective |
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8 Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies: A Psychologist's Perspective |
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Part 3 The Chaplain as Ritual Leader |
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9 `God is just too busy for us right now' -- Paul, a 10-year-old white male transitioning from tertiary medical centre to paediatric inpatient psychiatric hospital |
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10 Connecting family members through ritual -- Jakob, Hulda and their family in palliative care |
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11 `I do want to get this funeral planned' -- Daisy, a former colleague in hospice care |
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12 `For myself and for your people with whom I pray' -- Mrs Pearlman, an 82-year-old woman with a terminal diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer's disease |
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13 Critical Response to the Use of Ritual Case Studies -- A Pastoral Theologian's Perspective |
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14 Critical Response to the Use of Ritual Case Studies -- A Chaplain's Perspective |
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Part 4 The Chaplain as Self-Reflexive Practitioner |
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15 `I'd like you to get to know about me' -- Kristof, a 50-year-old atheist academic admitted to a hospice for palliative symptom control |
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16 Critical Response to a Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study -- A Chaplain's Perspective |
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17 Critical Response to a Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study -- A Psychoanalyst's Perspective |
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18 Afterword: Case Studies and Chaplaincy Research |
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| Contributors |
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| Index |
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Steve Nolan, Ph.D., is a palliative care chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Surrey, UK, where he works daily with people who are dying, supporting them and their families. He regularly teaches spiritual care to students visiting the hospice and is a tutor on the MTh in Chaplaincy Studies at St. Michael's College, Llandaff, part of Cardiff University.
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