Spiritual Care for Non-Communicative Patients

A Guidebook

Linda S. Golding, Walter Dixon (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78592-742-3 (ISBN)

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This book enables chaplains to deliver vital spiritual care to non-responsive patients and their families. With exercises, worksheets and case studies, it demonstrates how chaplains can develop the confidence and skills needed to engage with patients in meaningful ways, while affirming their personhood and bringing comfort to their loved ones.

Research shows that non-responsive patients benefit significantly from spiritual and pastoral care. This book equips chaplains with the confidence and skills to deliver excellent care in this challenging context. With exercises, worksheets, small group activities and case studies, it sets out how best to use words and body language, foster trust and respect, and involve patients' loved ones. It provides practical ways to recognise and affirm the humanity of the patient, and how to engage with the patient by employing skills of listening and presence.

Linda Golding has worked as a Staff Chaplain at New York-Presbyterian Hospital since 2010, chiefly involved with Neurology, Neurosurgery and the Neuro ICU. She also serves as the Chaplain on the hospital's Ethics Committee. Walter Dixon is a Board Certified Chaplain as well as an ordained pastor within the United Methodist Church. His principal clinical foci in hospital employment were cardiology, oncology, general medicine, staff support and palliative care.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface

Responding to a Need
A Quality Improvement Project.

How to Use this Guidebook
Gently, slowly.

In the Hallway.
The Long Walk

Entering the Room - the patient is alone.
Crossing the threshold.
The Family is Here
Balancing a pastoral visit with the patient and the family or friends.

The Team Will see You Now
A member of the medical team is in the room or nearby.

Staying in the Room
Drawing on pastoral skills to stay until the visit is complete.

The Spiritual Heart of the Visit
How to discover it.

Prayer
Every step is a prayer.

Summary of Skills

Teaching Resources
The Didactic
ChapTime list
Role Plays
Voices of Chaplains

Readings

Acknowledgements

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2019
Vorwort	Rabbi Rabbi Mychal B. B. Springer
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	153 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Pflegemanagement / Qualität / Recht
ISBN-10	1-78592-742-6 / 1785927426
ISBN-13	978-1-78592-742-3 / 9781785927423
Zustand	Neuware