“He Needs to Talk!”: A Chaplain’s Case Study of Nonreligious Spiritual Care

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Nolan, Steve ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study; Chaplain; nonreligious; presence; spiritual care

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SON; SPIRITUAL CARE; BONE TUMOR; CLERGY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; COMMUNICATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84955277088     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2015.1113805     Document Type: Article

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