The Hospital Chaplain's Handbook: A Guide for Good Practice - Softcover

Cobb, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853114774 ISBN 13: 9781853114779

Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2005

Synopsis

A recent national survey found many serious problems within hospital chaplaincy work with chaplains often feeling marginalised by other staff or failing to understand their role. This practical and informative guide is therefore both timely and will meet and urgent need.

Aimed both at newly appointed and experienced chaplains, it aims to be a primary resource offering continuing guidance on: - the role of chaplaincy in the NHS today - the spiritual dimension of illness, injury and health care - ward etiquette, assessing needs, working with other health care professionals - working in specialist areas - maternity, paediatrics, accident & emergency, geriatrics, etc - death, dying and bereavement - beliefs and practices of different faiths - professional practice: ethics, pastoral boundaries, confidentiality, record keeping, clinical audit - caseload management, supervising volunteers, education and training - a large selection of prayers and readings for routine and emergency pastoral situations, anointing and laying on of hands, and much more.

About this title

About the Author

MARK COBB was previously Senior Chaplain and is now ...t the Central Sheffield University Hospitals. He is an honorary lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sheffield and a Research Associate of the Lincoln Theological Institute at Sheffield. He is involved in the training of hospital chaplains and has written a number of academic texts in this area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853114774
• ISBN 13: 9781853114779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208