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Authors:Steve Nolan Abstract: Roberts, S. B., and Dunlop, S. (Eds.) (2022). Chaplaincy and Practical Theology: Researching a Pioneering Ministry. Abingdon: Routledge, 266 pp. (hbk). ISBN: 9780367654610; (ebook) 9781003129547. Keywords:Book Reviews
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Shining a Light in COVID-19 Darkness
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Authors:Barbara A Jack, Jennifer A Kirton, Karen E Groves, Martin Abrams, Dominic G Bray, Mari Lloyd-Williams Abstract: Introduction: The World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, resulting in travel restrictions, closure of non-essential shops and services, and the discontinuation of elective healthcare. The escalation of the pandemic impacted on hospital healthcare professionals, who experienced the deaths of colleagues and unprecedented changes in their working conditions. One area that received media attention in the United Kingdom during the pandemic was the role of hospital chaplaincy and spiritual care teams. Methods: An exploratory study advertised via social media, the press and professional bodies resulted in 86 healthcare professionals and 63 chaplains, who had worked clinically in the United Kingdom during the pandemic, completing an open, free text electronic survey. Seven chaplains participated in a follow-up telephone interview, with all the data collected in 2022. Results: The survey demographic data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Free text responses and interviews were subject to thematic analysis. A focus on the support of health professionals was widely reported by all respondents. Two overarching themes were identified: (1) organizational initiatives, with subthemes of structural and virtual support; (2) proactive intervention – “going to the frontline”, with subthemes of emotional and spiritual support, moral support and practical input. Discussion/Conclusion: The overarching finding was that hospital chaplains worked alongside healthcare staff on the clinical frontline. Staff described this as invaluable in its immediacy of support and provision of a valued presence. The chaplain’s role changed to becoming more focused on staff support, which appears to be ongoing, thus impacting on the future role and training for hospital chaplaincy teams. Keywords:Research Articles
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Working on the Clinical Frontline During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Authors:Barbara A Jack, Jennifer A Kirton, Karen E Groves, Martin Abrams, Dominic G Bray, Mari Lloyd-Williams Abstract: Hospital chaplaincy teams played a vital role during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the full depth of their experiences and personal impacts is not fully known. This UK study was advertised using social media platforms, local press outlets and chaplaincy professional bodies. An electronic survey was completed by 63 hospital chaplains, with the opportunity for all respondents to participate in follow-up interviews. This option was taken up by seven chaplains and explored the personal impacts, experiences and reflections of working during the pandemic. Their views of the impact of initiatives, practices and organizational changes were explored. Themes included: (1) challenges and personal impact, including reflections on the enormity of the situation, personal fears and sacrifices, and clinical challenges; (2) practical solutions, including personal strategies and the support of colleagues; and (3) organizational issues and suggestions. This article concludes with recommendations for organizations and further research. Keywords:Research Articles
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Grung, A. H. (Ed.) (2023). Complexities of Spiritual Care in Plural Societies: Education, Praxis and Concepts
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Authors:Fung Kei Cheng Abstract: Grung, A. H. (Ed.) (2023). Complexities of Spiritual Care in Plural Societies: Education, Praxis and Concepts. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 273 pp. (hbk). ISBN: 9783110717235. Keywords:Book Reviews
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An Implementation Analysis of a Staffing Protocol for Hospital Chaplaincy
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Authors:Martin Shaw, Christian Taylor Abstract: A large metropolitan hospital in the southeastern United States implemented the Grant Riverside Staffing Process (GRASP) in its pastoral care department. This staffing recommendation model provides a practical approach to inpatient unit assessment and may assist in providing chaplains with evidence to demonstrate staffing needs. However, more research must be done to understand how methodological approaches might curtail its limitations and provide a model for generalized use in different contexts. Keywords:Articles
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Rethinking Spiritual Assessment
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Authors:Steve Nolan Abstract: Spiritual assessment is a core competence of professional spiritual care and can be understood to be a process of evaluating and addressing patients’ spiritual needs and resources in clinical healthcare contexts. A critical review of five recent (post-2010) spiritual assessment models reveals key design weaknesses. This article presents the Spiritual Assessment Interpretive Framework (SAIF), a pluralistic, constructivist and conceptually coherent model. From a research-based definition of spirituality and the perspective that patients narrate their spiritual state in their stories about their relation to self, to significant others, to their natural and sociopolitical environments, and to their beliefs and values, SAIF provides a framework of four minimally directive questions within which chaplains can interpret patients’ spiritual state and formulate assessments of their spiritual needs. Keywords:Articles
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Nolan, S., and Damen, A. (Eds.) (2021). Transforming Chaplaincy: The George Fitchett Reader
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Authors:Lindsay B. Carey Abstract: Yates, D. (2023). Line in the Sand: A Life-Changing Journey Through a Body and a Mind After Trauma. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 335 pp. (pbk). ISBN: 9781761264429 Keywords:Book Reviews
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Spiritual Assessment, Chaplaincy Staffing, Attentive Presence and COVID-19
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Authors:Austyn Snowden, Lindsay B Carey, Chris Swift, Mark Newitt, Daniel Nuzum, Piret Paal, Fran Kissack, Rebecca Adams, Joanne Pike Pages: 1 - 6 Keywords:Editorial
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Modes of Presence in Scottish Healthcare Chaplaincy
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Authors:Rebecca Adams Pages: 71 - 80 Abstract: This article finds the subject of how to articulate the promotion of spiritual well-being by chaplains to be one of complementary, not competing, forms of presence. Chaplains are called upon to be attentive to another’s story and, crucially, to their own, but this study also argues for the use of presence in other forms, such as to challenge a pervading narrative of organizational culture or to provide a formational learning opportunity. These need not be opposite sides of a coin; they are perhaps more like diverse limbs of a growing tree. This article articulates each area as attentive presence, transformational presence, formational presence and informed presence. It outlines a critical reflection on what the author is beginning to understand of her own nascent role in Scottish healthcare chaplaincy and concludes by wondering what is required to nourish its roots. Keywords:Articles
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Shore, B. (2023). The Hidden Power of Ritual: The Journey of a Lifetime
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Authors:Lindsay B Carey, Daniel H Grossoehme, Fran Kissack, Mark Newitt, Daniel Nuzum, Piret Paal, Linda Ross, Austyn Snowden, Chris Swift Pages: 1 - 7 Abstract: A diverse range of topics are covered in this issue of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, namely: (i) end of life care, (ii) chaplaincy boundaries, (iii) moral injury, (iv) suicide, and (v) the increasingly important issue of electronic patient records. This issue also includes, once again, a number of book reviews. Finally, we welcome two new Co-Editors to the HSCC team, and note an upcoming European conference planned for 2024 focusing on spiritual care interventions. PubDate: 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1558/hscc.26043 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 1 (2023)
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Authors:Mark Newitt, Martin Kerry, Julian Perkins, Louise Yaull Pages: 24–3 - 24–3 Abstract: This article explores the related issues of boundaries and dual relationships within health and social care chaplaincy. The article begins by noting a tension between an understanding of pastoral care as having unstated and flexible boundaries and the clear statements from professional bodies that boundaries help the effective functioning of caring and supportive relationships. In a discussion of boundary-setting issues in relation to the expectations of both patients and chaplains, the article touches on the use of social media, before looking in more detail at dual relationships. The article argues that, while chaplaincy boundaries may need to be flexible, an awareness of normal practice is vital, so that any extending of boundaries is done consciously. In relation to this, a number of trigger points are suggested. The article recommends that individual chaplains discuss boundaries within supervision, and that teams have clear policies and protocols which articulate expectations around team working. It further recommends that the profession develops more guidance around dual relationships, and that formal supervision standards are set and audited. PubDate: 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1558/hscc.22614 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 1 (2023)
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Authors:Murray J Davies Pages: 68–9 - 68–9 Abstract: As part of a series on moral injury in HSCC (see Davies, 2023; Part 1), this Part 2 will propose that the current conceptions of moral injury (MI) may be inadequate, and that there is a need to recognize a distinct conceptualization of “spiritual damage”. Just as MI was, and still is, sometimes mistakenly and unhelpfully conflated with some criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder, it may also be a mistake to conflate spiritual damage with “spirituality injury” under the MI paradigm. The breadth and depth of spirituality and its basis in a divine, mysterious creator, or God(s), are such that their scope may extend beyond impacts that can be accounted for in terms of medicine, psychology and, in some respects, morality. As such, this article argues that the current discussion on spirituality within the MI framework may need to be revised to account for “spiritual damage” more comprehensively. It is suggested that a new approach to this area of MI is necessary to acknowledge the fundamentally important role of spirituality in a MI context, but also to expand the horizon to include spiritual damage that occurs before, during and after traumatic, difficult or horrific events. Further, deeper consideration needs to be given to encompassing both the institutional and personal aspects of religion and spirituality, and how damage in these areas can both wound and injure an individual’s spiritual schema, while also providing the potential for spiritual growth. This study will consider five areas, in particular, that require deeper consideration: (i) spirituality and science; (ii) a relationship with the divine; (iii) the use of spiritual tools; (iv) the recognition of spirituality as more than just an “aftermath” issue; and (v) spiritual growth. PubDate: 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.1558/hscc.25399 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 1 (2023)
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Authors:Ane Inger Bondahl Søberg, Lars Johan Danbolt, Sigrid Helene Kjørven Haug, Torgeir Sørensen Pages: 95–1 - 95–1 Abstract: This qualitative study focuses on how hospital chaplains encounter and explore existential themes in their conversations with patients at risk of suicide. Hospital chaplains from three of the four health regions in Norway participated in focus group interviews. The interviews were analysed by systematic text condensation. We found that the participants emphasized support and being a witness to patients’ narratives, exploring existential themes regarding life and death, guilt and shame, relatedness and loneliness, faith and hope. The chaplains understood their role as representing life. Their theological perspectives, pastoral clinical education and experiences were seen as being important in these conversations. Further research may investigate how the hospital chaplains’ role and existential competence can contribute to interdisciplinary teams working with patients at risk of suicide, examining how conversations about existential themes affect patients’ health, and whether these conversations prevent suicide. PubDate: 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.1558/hscc.23010 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 1 (2023)
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Authors:John Saunders Pages: 133– - 133– Abstract: Koenig, H. G., Carey, L. B., and Al Zaben, F. (2022). Spiritual Readiness: Essentials for Military Leaders and Chaplains. New York: Amazon Books, 290pp. (pbk). ISBN: 9798840830093. PubDate: 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1558/hscc.26044 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 1 (2023)
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Authors:Erhard Weiher, Carlo Leget Abstract: In the health-related and practical-theological debate, it is increasingly recognized that the core task of healthcare chaplaincy is spiritual care. There is a focus on the fundamental importance and necessity of spiritual accompaniment. However, concepts relating to this are only described in outline. Concepts that develop healthcare chaplaincy more precisely and present specific methods for the concrete “how” of spiritual care are still rare. This article outlines a basic dimension for chaplaincy and a methodology that is committed to the spiritual reality of people in secular modernity, beyond the internal religious culture. Keywords:Articles
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Cadge, W., and Rambo, S. (Eds.) (2022). Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction
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Authors:Hope Siesage, Lorna Sams, Naomi J Ellis, Chris Swift Abstract: This article presents an exploration of the changing experiences of six chaplains employed by a large care provider (LCP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews carried out over a ten-month period with six chaplains during the pandemic highlighted three key themes relating to their experiences in care homes during the crisis: (i) adapting work practices; (ii) mental health and well-being; (iii) giving and receiving support. In the context of a worldwide pandemic, this study highlights the issues experienced by chaplains in residential and aged care homes at the epicentre of COVID-19-related deaths in the United Kingdom. Keywords:Articles
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Weiner, J. (2022). Care and Covenant: A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility
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Authors:Margaret T Gopaul, Deena A Martinelli Abstract: The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) evaluated the expanding roles of chaplains in mental health and identified a prevalent need for additional training among healthcare chaplains. The literature revealed that chaplains were lacking the skillsets needed to effectively care for patients with mental health disorders. A gap remains in the literature regarding the reported level of mental health training and preparedness of chaplains who minister to geriatric patients with mental health disorders. This quantitative study used a questionnaire instrument to survey 26 chaplains in the United States. The participants were experienced healthcare chaplains working in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The findings confirmed the need for additional training and preparedness among chaplains who minister to geriatric patients with mental health disorders. The results and empirical literature informed the development of a practical guide that includes ways to meet these challenges and assist chaplains in providing comprehensive delivery of competent care to patients. Keywords:Research Article
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“Can You See What I Say'” Beyond Words
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Authors:John Patrick Doherty, Daniel Nuzum Abstract: Empathic relational communication is a key competency in spiritual care for establishing a trusting pastoral relationship. Ministry with d/Deaf persons requires a deeper level of relational skill, where attentiveness to sign language, non-manual features, visual cues and facial grammar are important for meaningful pastoral relatedness. It is widely recognized that d/Deaf persons experience higher than average healthcare access barriers and associated psychological impacts, and therefore spiritual need. In addition, d/Deaf persons develop a non-auditory approach to emotional expression and communication. The competencies of clinical pastoral education (CPE) provide a natural context to further develop the necessary deeper relational skills for healthcare ministry. This article draws on the lived experiences of a chaplain for the d/Deaf engaged in CPE and a CPE educator, in order to highlight current deficiencies in pastoral care for d/Deaf persons, and to explore and illustrate how relational empathy and spiritual connection can be deepened among d/Deaf persons in healthcare by developing the competencies of CPE.
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Authors:Darren Cronshaw Abstract: Koenig, H. G., Carey, L. B., and Wortham, J. S. (2023). Moral Injury: A Handbook for Military Chaplains New York: Amazon Books, 350 pp. (pbk). ISBN: 9798365872431 Keywords:Book Reviews
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Spiritual Care, Mental Health, Hearing Impairment and COVID-19
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Authors:Lindsay B Carey, Daniel H Grossoehme, Fran Kissack, Mark Newitt, Daniel Nuzum, Piret Paal, Linda Ross, Austyn Snowden, Chris Swift Pages: 143 - 151 Abstract: This issue of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy presents a wide range of topics relating to: (i) spirituality and spiritual care education, (ii) mental health care, (iii) hearing impairment, and (iv) COVID-19 in residential aged care. A number of book reviews are presented, as well as the annual overview of HSCC. Finally, we welcome a new HSCC Editor-in-Chief and remind readers of the upcoming European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health planned for 2024. Further, we provide advance notice of a forthcoming conference currently in planning – namely the inaugural International Moral Injury and Wellbeing Conference (IMIWC, 2024). Keywords:Editorial
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A Call to Address Gaps in Spiritual Care Education
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Authors:Ruth Aird, Maureen O’Neill Pages: 166 - 181 Abstract: These scoping reviews challenge the dissonance between policies on the delivery of spiritual care (SC) to clients in institutions and the education required to perform that delivery. The authors discovered a paucity of literature relating to Scotland regarding healthcare support workers’ SC education and little more regarding that for nurses. There were various gaps in the understanding of SC, planning in the curriculum for SC and subsequent learning by students. The conclusion of this article is that as SC is embedded in human rights policy and government health and social care standards, the educational and professional governing bodies should be responsible for ensuring that SC features in all healthcare training, which should include SC assessment in the curriculum as a way of learning and endorsing knowledge. Specialist knowledge should either be available in colleges and universities or brought in to deliver education. Keywords:Articles
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Chryssides, G. D., and Cohn-Sherbok, D. (Eds.) (2023). The Covid Pandemic and the World’s Religions
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Authors:William Simmons Pages: 253 - 255 Abstract: Moyse, A. (2022). Resourcing Hope for Ageing and Dying in a Broken World: Wayfaring Through Despair. London: Anthem Press, 162 pp. (hbk). ISBN: 9781785278617. Keywords:Book Reviews
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