PubMed · 10246597
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H D Wright. 1980. A mandatory continuing education program for chaplains.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10246597/
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The purpose of this study was to identify and compare key features of spiritual care provision in hospices and acute hospitals within England and Wales. A survey by postal questionnaire was carried out on the perceptions of senior chaplains in 151 hospices and 194 hospital trusts. The overall response rate was 76%. The findings of the survey suggest (a) a trend away from establishing chapels as the spiritual focal point within hospitals and hospices, (b) the development of broader roles for chaplains, (c) a different level of service provision between hospices with funded chaplaincies and hospices with voluntary chaplaincies, (d) a wide range of non-religious spiritual care requirements on the part of patients and (e) a more frequent requirement for religious care in hospitals rather than hospices.
During the last eight years, the professional chaplains of Spiritual Care Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital-Washington University Medical Center (BJH) have developed a discipline based, outcome-oriented model for chaplaincy. This article introduces the elements of The Discipline, our development process, the effects on our chaplaincy attributable to its consistent use, and implications for the future. While many of our assumptions about chaplaincy have been challenged, our experience is that a disciplined, outcome-oriented model for chaplaincy has deepened our relationships with patients and significantly increased our integration into the care teams of the hospital. It has also challenged and enhanced our abilities to be emotionally present with patients while also giving attention to the process of the visits and chaplain interventions that contribute to patient healing and well-being.