VHA Chaplains: Challenges, Roles, Rewards, and Frustrations of the Work

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 54-65

  Beder, Joan ^a   Yan, Grace W ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

challenges; chaplains; collaboration; frustrations; rewards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLERGY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84876321839     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2013.779539     Document Type: Article

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