Pastoral Care - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Delivering spiritual care. Interview by Lynne Pearce.

27 Feb 2009 Spirituality is often confused with religion but the two are by no means interchangeable. For nurses it is about how they talk to ... Read more...

"No matter what has been done wrong can always be redone right": spirituality in the lives of imprisoned battered women.

15 Feb 2009 In this article, the authors explore the religious and spiritual experiences and beliefs of incarcerated battered women who killed abusive intimate partners or (step)fathers. Through in-depth interviews with 12 imprisoned battered women, the authors ... Read more...

Creating a spiritual tapestry: nurses' experiences of delivering spiritual care to patients in an Irish hospice.

30 Dec 2008 This study aims to describe nurses' experiences of delivering spiritual support in a palliative care setting in the Republic of Ireland. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 nurses working in the area of specialist palliative ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pastoral Care - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Delivering spiritual care. Interview by Lynne Pearce. 27 Feb 2009
• "No matter what has been done wrong can always be redone right": spirituality in the lives of imprisoned battered women. 15 Feb 2009
• Creating a spiritual tapestry: nurses' experiences of delivering spiritual care to patients in an Irish hospice. 30 Dec 2008
• The highest priority in the emergency department may be a patient's spiritual needs. 20 Nov 2008
• Chaplain-physician consultancy: when chaplains and doctors meet in the clinical context. 14 Sep 2008
• An exploratory study of spiritual care at the end of life. 30 Aug 2008
• Is there time for spiritual care? 29 Jun 2008
• Developing suicide prevention programs for African American youth in African American churches. 30 May 2008
• [Devotion and spiritual care in geriatric nursing--current status: caring for the spirit] 30 May 2008
• Informing critical care patients of a loved one's death. 30 May 2008
• Offering a flickering light. How caregivers contribute to atmospheres of hope. 29 Apr 2008
• U.K. Clergy and people in mental distress: community and patterns of pastoral care. 28 Feb 2008
• Effective parish nursing: building success and overcoming barriers. 30 Dec 2007
• An exploration of mental health literacy among African American clergy. 30 Dec 2007
• What do chaplains really do? III. Referrals in the New York Chaplaincy Study. 30 Dec 2007
• What do chaplains really do? II. Interventions in the New York Chaplaincy Study. 30 Dec 2007
• What do chaplains really do? I. Visitation in the New York Chaplaincy Study. 30 Dec 2007
• Why is it so hard to talk about spirituality? 30 Dec 2007
• Psychiatry and faith-based organisations. 29 Nov 2007
• Readers' responses and authors' replies to "healthcare and the hospital chaplain". 18 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Pastoral Care'

Definition: Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations.

Descriptor UI: D010327

Alternative terms: Pastoral Care; Care, Pastoral; Pastoral Psychology; Psychology, Pastoral;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.784.176.560; F02.880.410;

Online Note: use PASTORAL CARE to search PSYCHOLOGY, PASTORAL 1966-78

History Note: 79; was PSYCHOLOGY, PASTORAL 1963-78

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif