UPHOLDING THE PATIENT NARRATIVE IN PALLIATIVE CARE
THE ROLE OF THE HEALTHCARE CHAPLAIN IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i1.17Keywords:
hospice, chaplain, narrative, story, hold, multi-disciplinaryAbstract
What do chaplains do? The rising interest in relation to spiritual care leaves questions: what activities (if any) are intrinsic to chaplaincy? Where (if at all) does the spiritual merge with the religious? And how does this relate to the overall pursuit of holistic well-being? As an investi-gative and reflective exercise, interviews were conducted with palliative care chaplains. The re-sulting data suggests a focus of activity around the eliciting, holding and representing of the stories of patients and their families, all exercised with reference to the multi-disciplinary team.
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CLINICAL STANDARDS BOARD FOR SCOTLAND 2002 Clinical Standards – Specialist Palliative Care
COATES S 1995 The nature of Hospitium. Hospital Chaplain.
CUMMINGS I 1998 The interdisciplinary team in DOYLE D et al, ed. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 2nd edn. OUP Oxford 19-30
DAVIE G 1994. Religion in Britain since 1945: believing without belonging. Blackwell
DENZIN N & LINCOLN Y (eds) 2000 Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage
ELLIOT T 1940 East Coker. Four Quartets
GADAMER H-G 1960. Truth and Method
GREENHALGH T & WENGRAL T 2008 Collecting Stories: is it research? Is it good research? Preliminary guidance based on a Delphi study Medical Education 42 242
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House of Lords debate on Palliative Care, 23rd February 2007, Hansard columns 1273ff.
MOWAT H, COATES S & BUNNISS S 2010 Upholding the patient narrative in palliative care: the role of the healthcare chaplain in the multidisciplinary team. Final Report to NES Education Scotland. Available from H Mowat, Mowat Research. www.mowatresearch.co.uk
O’CONNOR M. et al 2006 Interdisciplinary teams in palliative care: a critical reflection. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 12 (3)
SAUNDERS C 1988 Spiritual pain. Hospital Chaplain 102.
SPECK P 1988. Being there SPCK
SPECK P (ed) 2006 Teamwork in palliative care – fulfilling or frustrating? OUP Oxford
SWINTON J 2002 Reclaiming Mystery and wonder: towards a narrative based perspective on chaplaincy Scottish Journal of HealthCare Chaplaincy
SWINTON & MOWAT H 2006 Practical Theology and Qualitative Research. SCM London.
WALTER T 1996 A new model of grief: bereavement and biography Mortality 1(1) 7-25
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2013-04-05
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Coates, S. (2013). UPHOLDING THE PATIENT NARRATIVE IN PALLIATIVE CARE: THE ROLE OF THE HEALTHCARE CHAPLAIN IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 13(1), 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i1.17
