Report for the Association of Chaplaincy in General Practice on Spiritual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Sarah Giffen, Gordon Macdonald |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
030213 general clinical medicine
0209 industrial biotechnology Health (social science) Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Religious studies Loneliness 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 020901 industrial engineering & automation 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Pandemic medicine Anxiety Active listening Grief Spiritual care medicine.symptom Psychology Association (psychology) Socioeconomic status media_common |
| Zdroj: | Health and Social Care Chaplaincy. 8:265-276 |
| ISSN: | 2051-5561 2051-5553 |
| DOI: | 10.1558/hscc.41767 |
| Popis: | Chaplaincy has been provided in primary care for over 20 years. There are various iterations across the United Kingdom, but their unifying purpose is personcentered holistic care delivered through listening and guidance. This report seeks to describe and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on chaplaincy services in primary care. Initial reflections highlight the range of presenting issues, old and new. Organizational factors such as logistical questions and virtual communication issues demonstrate the barriers faced by patients and chaplains, alongside new opportunities. As existing support networks and services have become less accessible, chaplaincy has a role to play in anticipating and responding to patients’ unmet needs. These include “losses,” both personal and communal, grief, both past and current, and questions of an existential nature. In responding to these challenges, chaplaincy should seek to be more visible, more intentional in identifying those at risk of loneliness, and more accessible to those less proficient in the new communication technologies, such as the elderly. This report suggests how chaplaincy will have a significant role in supporting patients with anxiety, lockdown traumas, loss of well-being, and the many socioeconomic effects of the pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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