ISBN:
0226922111
,
0226922103
,
9780226922119
,
9780226922102
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 293 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
DDC:
362.11
Keywords:
Medicine Religious aspects
;
Chaplains, Hospital
;
Hospitals Sociological aspects
;
Medizin
;
Religiöse Situation
;
Krankenhaus
;
Soziologische Situation
;
USA
;
USA
;
Krankenhaus
;
Religion
;
Seelsorge
Description / Table of Contents:
In the beginning : a tour -- Looking back : glimpses of religion and spirituality in the history of academic medical centers -- From symbols to silence : the design and use of hospital chapels -- Wholeness, presence, and hope : the perspectives of hospital chaplains -- Essential or optional? : how hospitals shape the professional tasks of chaplains -- Spirituality and religion in intensive care : staff's perspectives and professional responses -- Why sickness and death? : religion and spirituality in the ways intensive care unit staff make meaning -- Managing death : the personal and institutional 'dirty work' of chaplains -- Conclusion : looking forward.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index
