Exiting Patients’ Rooms and Ending Relationships: Questions and Challenges Faced by Hospital Chaplains

Autor: Klitzman, Robert, Di Sapia Natarelli, Gabrielle, Sinnappan, Stephanie, Garbuzova, Elizaveta, Al-Hashimi, Jay
Zdroj: Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling; June 2023, Vol. 77 Issue: 2 p92-100, 9p
Abstrakt: These data, the first to explore chaplains' challenges in ending visits/relationships with patients/families, has critical implications for practice, education, and research. Questions arise about the scope/boundaries of chaplains' relationships with patients/families. Interviews were conducted with 23 chaplains who face questions/challenges regarding how to end visits and interactions, including individual conversations and ongoing relationships with patients/families. Chaplains confront uncertainties and rely on verbal- and non-verbal cues to gauge how long to stay with each patient/family, and they are sometimes unsure. These data have critical implications for practice, education, and research.
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