Published: 2019-09-07

Spiritual care in the process of holistic treatment. Place and role of the chaplain in spiritual care

Marian Kujaczyński

Abstract

The purpose of the following article is to show the importance of spiritual care and to determine the place of a hospital chaplain in the holistic treatment process. The author will begin his considerations by attempting to specify the essence of spirituality in medicine. Next, he will try to define the essence and role of spiritual care in a holistic treatment process, as well as show research tools developed in the USA and Europe to diagnose the spiritual needs of patients. The next point will be to show the place and role of a hospital chaplain in spiritual care. The considerations end with some conclusions and pastoral postulates, the implementation of which can talk about the fact that hospital chaplains could better exercise spiritual care in the holistic treatment process.

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Kujaczyński, M. (2019). Spiritual care in the process of holistic treatment. Place and role of the chaplain in spiritual care. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, 3(45), 83–108. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/wsp/article/view/9805

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