What Do Chaplains Really Do? I. Visitation in the New York Chaplaincy Study

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-38

  Handzo, George F ^a   Flannelly, Kevin J ^a   Murphy, Kathryn M ^a   Bauman, John P ^b   Oettinger, Margaret ^c   Goodell, Elaine ^d   Hasan, Imam Yusuf H ^d   Barrie, David P ^e   Jacobs, Martha R ^a  

^a HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^b BURKE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DeWitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chapaincy; Pastoral care; Religion; Spiritual care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PASTORAL CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 52649102436     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854720802053838     Document Type: Article

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