Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care
This study examines the religious/spiritual referral patterns in hospice and palliative care. Religion and death are two highly intersected topics and albeit often discussed together in hospice and palliative care, little is known about how professionals respond to religious/spiritual needs of patie...
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| description | This study examines the religious/spiritual referral patterns in hospice and palliative care. Religion and death are two highly intersected topics and albeit often discussed together in hospice and palliative care, little is known about how professionals respond to religious/spiritual needs of patients/families/friends and in relation to the chaplaincy team. By means of an in-depth interviewing method, this paper reports on data from 15 hospice and palliative care professionals. Participants were recruited from across five hospice and palliative care organisations, and the data was managed and analysed with the use of NVivo. Largely, participants were keen to refer patients/families/friends to the chaplaincy team, unless the former’s faith or lack thereof did not match the chaplains, in which case referrals to a religious leader in the community were favoured. This shed light to the tendencies to homogenise religious/spiritual beliefs. The paper concludes with some implications for practice and research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee2abc83ee1a481e8a99aca81a26bf742023-11-20T15:28:22ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442020-09-01111049610.3390/rel11100496Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative CarePanagiotis Pentaris0Khyati Tripathi1School of Human Sciences & Institute for Lifecrouse Development, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007, IndiaThis study examines the religious/spiritual referral patterns in hospice and palliative care. Religion and death are two highly intersected topics and albeit often discussed together in hospice and palliative care, little is known about how professionals respond to religious/spiritual needs of patients/families/friends and in relation to the chaplaincy team. By means of an in-depth interviewing method, this paper reports on data from 15 hospice and palliative care professionals. Participants were recruited from across five hospice and palliative care organisations, and the data was managed and analysed with the use of NVivo. Largely, participants were keen to refer patients/families/friends to the chaplaincy team, unless the former’s faith or lack thereof did not match the chaplains, in which case referrals to a religious leader in the community were favoured. This shed light to the tendencies to homogenise religious/spiritual beliefs. The paper concludes with some implications for practice and research.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/10/496religionspiritual carechaplaincyhospicehomogenization of faithreligious referral |
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| title | Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care |
| title_full | Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care |
| title_fullStr | Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care |
| title_short | Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care |
| title_sort | religious spiritual referrals in hospice and palliative care |
| topic | religion spiritual care chaplaincy hospice homogenization of faith religious referral |
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