HOLISTIC MEDICAL CARE
THE ROLE OF CHAPLAINS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v11i1.9Keywords:
spiritual care, holistic care, Multidisciplinary Working, spiritualityAbstract
Having previously looked at the need for doctors to begin to engage with a spiritual agenda with patients, and having identified that there is huge potential, but significant constraints, the unique contribution of healthcare chaplains is here considered in more detail, before examining ways in which the medical role in spiritual care can be developed, alongside closer collaboration with chaplains
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SWINTON J. 2001 Spirituality and mental health care: rediscovering a forgotten dimension. London: Jessica Kingsley
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ALDRIDGE A. 2006 The unique role of a chaplain Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 2006: 9:1 p. 18-22
BALINT M. 1986 The Doctor, the Patient and the Illness Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone
BUB B. 2006 Communication skills that heal: a practical approach to a new professionalism in medicine Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing
BYRNE P. S. and LONG B. E. L. (1976) Doctors talking to Patients London HMSO
CAPPS D. 1984 Pastoral Care and Hermeneutics Fortress
CARR W. 1997 Handbook of pastoral studies London SPCK
CASSIDY S. 1998 Sharing the darkness: spirituality of caring Darton, Longman & Todd
CHISHOLM M. 2002 Speech delivered at the ‘Spiritual Care in the NHS’ Conference on 16th November 2001 Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 2002: 5:1 pp 24-26
COBB M. 2005 The hospital chaplain’s handbook: a guide for good practice Norwich: Canterbury Press
CROTON E. 2003 Spirituality and Health Triple Helix 2003; Summer:16 (Journal of Christian Medical Fellowship)
CULLIFORD L. 2005 Healing from Within: Spirituality and Mental Health in McCLURE, M. (ed). Partners in Care Resource Pack. London, Gaskell. Sep 2005
CULLIFORD L. 2002 Spirituality and clinical care. BMJ 2002: 325;1434-35
Department of health (2003) South Yorkshire Workforce Development Confederation, 2003. Caring for the Spirit. Sheffield: SYWDC
Department of health (2005) South Yorkshire Workforce Development Confederation A minimum data set for spiritual healthcare Sheffield: SYWDC
Department of Health, 2003. NHS Chaplaincy: Meeting the Religious and Spiritual needs of Patients and Staff. London: DoH
DOYLE D. 1992 Have we looked beyond the physical and psychosocial? Journal of Symptom Management July: 302
FABER H. 1971 Pastoral care in the modern hospital London: SCM
FINLAY I. 2006 Speech in House of Lords on 19th May 2006 by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405 /ldhansrd/pdvn/lds06/text/60519-09.htm#6051909_spnew0
FOLLAND M. 2006 Opportunity and conflict: evidence-based practice and the modernization of healthcare chaplaincy Contact 149 p. 12-20
FRASER D. 2004 Clarity and cost effectiveness in chaplaincy Scottish Journal Healthcare Chaplaincy, 7:1 pp 26-30
General Medical Council (1993) GMC Annual Report. Doctors' use of professional standing to promote personal interests or beliefs. London: GMC, 1993:4
General Medical Council (2007) Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice - A draft for consultation. https://gmc.econsultation.net/beliefs/consultation%20draft.pdf
GOODLIFF P. 1998 Care in a confused climate Darton, Longman & Todd
GREAVES D. 2004 The healing tradition: reviving the soul of Western medicine Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press
HANDZO G., KOENIG H.G. 2004 Spiritual Care: Whose Job Is It Anyway?
HAY D., HUNT K. 2000 Understanding the spirituality of people who don't go to church: a report on the findings of the adults' spirituality project. Nottingham: University of Nottingham
KELLY E. 2002 Preparation for providing spiritual care Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 5:2 p.11
KING M., SPECK P., THOMAS A. 1995 The Royal Free interview for religious and spiritual beliefs: development and standardization. Psychol Med 1995; 25: 1125-1134
KINH M., SPECK P., THOMAS A. 2001 The Royal Free interview for spiritual and religious beliefs: development and validation of a self report version. Psychol Med 2001; 31(6): 1015-23
KIRKWOOD N 1998 Pastoral care in hospitals Australia: E.J. Dwyer
KLIEWER S.P., SAULTZ J. 2006 Healthcare and spirituality Oxford: Radcliffe publishing
KOENIG H.G., McCULLOUGH M.E., LARSON D.B. 2001 Handbook of religion and health Oxford University Press
KOENIG H.G., IDLER E, KASL S., HAYS J.C., and GEORG L.K. 1999 Editorial: Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: A Rebuttal to Skeptics International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine; 1999; 29(2); pg. 123 – 131
LAUNER J. 2002 Narrative-based primary Care: a practical guide Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press
LYALL D. 2001 Integrity of Pastoral Care London: SPCK
McWHINNEY I. R. 1981 A textbook of family medicine Oxford University Press
MOWAT H., SWINTON J. 2005 Executive Summary - What do Chaplains do? Report Number: CSHD/MR001 February 2005 ISBN 0-9549901-0-2 Aberdeen: Mowatt Research
MURRAY S. A., GRANT E., GRANT A., and KENDALL M. 2003a Dying from cancer in developed and developing countries: lessons from two qualitative interview studies of patients and their carers. BMJ 2003; 326:368-371
MURRAY S.A., KENDALL M., BOYD K., WORTH A. and BENTON T.F. 2003b General practitioners and their possible role in providing spiritual care: a qualitative study British Journal of General Practice, 2003; 53: 957-959.
MURRAY S.A., KENDALL M., BOYD K., WORTH A. and BENTON T.F. 2004 Exploring the spiritual needs of people dying of lung cancer or heart failure: a prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers Palliative Medicine 2004; 18: 39-45
NHS National Services Scotland 2004 Provision of Spiritual Care in NHS National Services Scotland Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys. Census 2001 - Ethnicity and religion in England and Wales. London: OPCS
ORCHARD H. 2000 Hospital chaplaincy: modern, dependable? A research report of the Lincoln Theological Institute, University of Sheffield. Sheffield: Academic Press.
PENDLETON D., SCHOFIELD T., TATE P. and HAVELOCK P. 1984 The Consultation: An Approach to Learning and Teaching Oxford: OUP
POST S.G., PUCHALSKI C.M. and LARSON D.B. 2000 Physicians and patient spirituality: professional boundaries, competency and ethics Annals of Internal Medicine 4 April 2000 132:7 p.578-583
RHODES B. 2005 Send in the clowns Nursing Management; Oct 2005; 12: 6 p.13
ROSS L.A. 1995 The Spiritual dimension: its importance to patients’ health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice Int J Nursing Studies 1995; 32:5 pp. 457 – 468
SILVERMAN J., KURTZ S. and DRAPER J. 2004 Skills for Communicating with Patients Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press (2nd edition)
SLOAN R.P., BAGIELLA E., and POWELL T. 1999 Religion, spirituality, and medicine The Lancet. London: Feb 20, 1999.Vol.353, Iss. 9153; p. 664
SPECK P. 1988 Being there London: SPCK
SPECK P. 2004a A standard for research in health care chaplaincy
SPECK P. 2004b Spiritual care in health care Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 7:1 p. 21
SPECK P., HIGGINSON I., ADDINGTON-HALL J. 2004c Editorial: Spiritual needs in health care BMJ 2004;329:123-124(17th July)
"Spirituality and Psychiatry" special interest group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (www.rcpsych.ac.uk/college/sig/spirit)
STEWART M., BELLE BROWN J., WESTON W.W., McWHINNEY I.R., McWILLIAM C.L. and FREEMAN T.R. 2003 Patient-centred medicine: transforming the clinical method Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press
SWINTON J. 2001 Spirituality and mental health care: rediscovering a forgotten dimension. London: Jessica Kingsley
VAUGHAN K. 2005 Taking a spiritual history Triple Helix 2005; Winter: 6,7 (Journal of Christian Medical Fellowship)
World Health Organization 1998 WHOQOL and spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs: report on WHO consultation. Geneva: WHO
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Williams, E. (2013). HOLISTIC MEDICAL CARE: THE ROLE OF CHAPLAINS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 11(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v11i1.9
