Listening on the Outside – Screaming on the Inside

Reflections from an Acute Hospital Chaplain during the First Weeks of COVID-19

Authors

  • Lynn Busfield Midlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.41807

Keywords:

chaplain, COVID-19, intensive care, patient support, staff support

Abstract

This is a reflective account of the spiritual care provided by an acute hospital chaplain offered during the first weeks of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, and some of her feelings resulting from ministering to patients in intensive care and providing support to staff.

Author Biography

  • Lynn Busfield, Midlands

    Lynn Busfield is an ordained Anglican priest who has worked as a generic chaplain in a multi-faith chaplaincy team for almost seven years. She has previously worked as a business journalist in London, a parish priest in Wiltshire and Worcestershire, and as a hospice chaplain in Cornwall.

References

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Published

2020-09-14

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): Special Issue: COVID-19

Section

Professional Reflection

License

© Equinox Publishing Ltd.

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How to Cite

Busfield, L. (2020). Listening on the Outside – Screaming on the Inside: Reflections from an Acute Hospital Chaplain during the First Weeks of COVID-19. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 8(2), 218-222. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.41807