| Description |
xiv, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. The hospital chaplain : context and identity -- A ministry of paradox in a place of paradox / Lawrence E. Holst -- The hospital chaplain : between both worlds / Lawrence E. Holst -- Change in perceived need, value, and role of hospital chaplains / Raymond G. Carey -- The hospital chaplain : one role, many functions / Lawrence E. Holst -- Part II. The hospital chaplain : listening to the voices of suffering -- Hospitalization : a rite of passage / John Katonah -- The random initial visit / Lawrence E. Holst -- The voices on obstetrics : participants and partners / Susan Johnson Kline -- The voices on pediatrics : walking with children and parents / Jim Arnold -- The voices on a surgical unit : the loss of control / Marion Kanaly -- The voices on cancer care : a lens unfocused and narrowed / Alden Sproull -- The voices on coronary care : a confrontation with vulnerability / Robert Stromberg -- The voices of the dying and the bereaved : a bridge between loss and growth / Leroy Joesten -- The voices on psychiatry : inner tumult and the quest for meaning / Willard Wagner -- The voices of substance abuse : a spiritual perspective / Carl Anderson -- Part III. The hospital chaplain : many other functions -- The chaplain as administrator / Lawrence E. Holst -- The chaplain and the crisis in ethics / Kenneth Vaux -- The chaplain as peripatetic teacher / Arthur Bickel, David Middleton -- The chaplain and lay ministry / Florence Flynn Smithe -- Part IV. The hospital chaplain in the future -- The chaplain in the future : threats and opportunities / Lawrence E. Holst. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Church work with the sick.
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Chaplains, Hospital.
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Hospital Departments.
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Pastoral Care.
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Religion and Medicine.
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| Added Author |
Holst, Lawrence E.
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| ISBN |
0824506979 |
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