What Do Chaplains Contribute to Large Academic Hospitals?: the Perspectives of Pediatric Physicians and Chaplains

This article analyzes interviews with pediatric physicians (N = 30) and chaplains (N = 22) who work at the same large academic medical centers (N = 13). We ask how pediatric physicians understand and work with chaplains and how chaplains describe their own work. We find that physicians see chaplains...

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VerfasserInnen: Cadge, Wendy (VerfasserIn) ; Calle, Katherine (VerfasserIn) ; Dillinger, Jennifer (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2011]
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2011, Band: 50, Heft: 2, Seiten: 300-312
weitere Schlagwörter:B Pediatric physicians
B Chaplaincy
B Spiritual Care
B Chaplains
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Zusammenfassung:This article analyzes interviews with pediatric physicians (N = 30) and chaplains (N = 22) who work at the same large academic medical centers (N = 13). We ask how pediatric physicians understand and work with chaplains and how chaplains describe their own work. We find that physicians see chaplains as part of interdisciplinary medical teams where they perform rituals and support patients and families, especially around death. Chaplains agree but frame their contributions in terms of the perspectives related to wholeness, presence, and healing they bring. Chaplains have a broader sense of what they contribute to patient care than do physicians.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-011-9474-8