A Long Way to Go Understanding the Role of Chaplaincy? A Critical Reflection on the Findings of the Survey Examining Chaplaincy Responses to Covid-19

This contribution reflects on some of the most prominent findings in the survey on the chaplaincy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finding that chaplain respondents had difficulty understanding their own role prior to the first wave is of concern. If chaplains cannot articulate their own role,...

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Autores principales: Best, Megan, Rajaee, Geila, Vandenhoeck, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Special Project – Spiritual Care and Covid 19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7975854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33730913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1542305021992002
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spelling pubmed-79758542021-03-31 A Long Way to Go Understanding the Role of Chaplaincy? A Critical Reflection on the Findings of the Survey Examining Chaplaincy Responses to Covid-19 Best, Megan Rajaee, Geila Vandenhoeck, Anne J Pastoral Care Counsel Special Project – Spiritual Care and Covid 19 This contribution reflects on some of the most prominent findings in the survey on the chaplaincy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finding that chaplain respondents had difficulty understanding their own role prior to the first wave is of concern. If chaplains cannot articulate their own role, it is not surprising that those around them are also unclear. Chaplains are not the only ones to blame for the confusion around their role though. SAGE Publications 2021-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7975854/ /pubmed/33730913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1542305021992002 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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A Long Way to Go Understanding the Role of Chaplaincy? A Critical Reflection on the Findings of the Survey Examining Chaplaincy Responses to Covid-19
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