Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a'Hopeful Presence'; Foreword by Dr Rowam Williams; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Hope Beyond Recovery; Chapter 2 Evocative Presence; Chapter 3 Accompanying Presence; Chapter 4 Comforting Presence; Chapter 5 Hopeful Presence; Chapter 6 Rethinking Spiritual Care asPresence; Chapter 7 Towards a Theory of 'Chaplainas Hopeful Presence'; Chapter 8 By Way of an Ending:A Personal View; Appendix: The Research Project; References; Subject Index; Author Index
Summary
Chaplains in healthcare settings offer patients spiritual care that involves companionship, counselling and maintaining hope. This is particularly important at the point where a patient has run out of treatment possibilities. This book reflects creatively on the work that chaplains do with people who are dying and the unique quality of the relationship that palliative care professionals construct with patients at the end of life. Based on qualitative research with practising palliative care chaplains, Spiritual Care at the End of Life explores the nature of hope in its different forms at diffe
