Who Needs Chaplain's Visitation in General Hospitals? Assessing Patients with Psychosocial and Religious Needs

Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Winter Pfändler, Urs ^a   Morgenthaler, Christoph ^a  

^a Swiss Institute of Pastoral Sociology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

assessment of patients; coping resources; evidence based practice; healthcare chaplaincy; internal triggers; spiritual struggle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80054839540     PISSN: 15423050     EISSN: 2167776X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154230501106500202     Document Type: Article

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