Chris Swift
Biographic Data
| ID | 7547620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Swift |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Swift |
| SIGNATURE | SWIFT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | St James's University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1220-728X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spiritual Care at the Crossroads
This ecumenical White Paper aims to clarify the profile of Christian healthcare chaplaincy in a context of rapidly changing healthcare systems. The increasing complexity and specialization of healthcare, the shift towards outpatient care, mounting economic pressures, the demographic and epidemiological transitions towards chronic and elderly care, and global health crises are profoundly transforming and challenging Christian healthcare chaplaincy…
Reconfiguring the health-promoting hospital
This paper seeks to explore how hospitals can be reconfigured to adopt more ‘health-promoting’ approaches and values. Specifically, the paper focuses on the role of hospital chaplaincy and argues that spiritual care should be considered alongside other health domains. Using semi-structured interviews, the aim of the paper is to explore the experiences of patients who accepted (n = 10) and declined (n = 10) hospital chaplaincy services. Data were …
Self-Management of Chronic Pain
Self-management forms an essential part of the management of chronic pain. It affects approximately 7.8 million people in the United Kingdom, with older people more likely to live with chronic pain. In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service is committed to providing patient-centered care, which embraces the religious and spiritual needs of patients. This aspect of care is governed by uncertainty; there is a lack of understanding about th…
The Journey of Christian Initiation
The role of spirituality and religion for those bereaved due to a traumatic death
After a sudden traumatic death, bereaved relatives may feel particularly distressed. We look at the role of spirituality (including religion, whether following communal forms or more individually expressed) in people's lives after the traumatic death of a relative. Our findings are based on narrative interviews with 40 people bereaved through murder, manslaughter, car crash, train accident, fire, bomb explosion, industrial explosion, or pedestria…
Distinctive Call, Distinctive Profile
This paper employs psychological type theory in order to illuminate the personality characteristics of Church of England clergy engaged in ministry as full-time hospital chaplains. Data provided by 101 chaplains (who completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales) are compared with the general profile of Church of England clergy published in an earlier study. The key findings are that, compared with Church of England clergymen in general, those …
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Distinctive Call, Distinctive Profile
This paper employs psychological type theory in order to illuminate the personality characteristics of Church of England clergy engaged in ministry as full-time hospital chaplains. Data provided by 101 chaplains (who completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales) are compared with the general profile of Church of England clergy published in an earlier study. The key findings are that, compared with Church of England clergymen in general, those …
The role of spirituality and religion for those bereaved due to a traumatic death
After a sudden traumatic death, bereaved relatives may feel particularly distressed. We look at the role of spirituality (including religion, whether following communal forms or more individually expressed) in people's lives after the traumatic death of a relative. Our findings are based on narrative interviews with 40 people bereaved through murder, manslaughter, car crash, train accident, fire, bomb explosion, industrial explosion, or pedestria…
The Journey of Christian Initiation
Self-Management of Chronic Pain
Self-management forms an essential part of the management of chronic pain. It affects approximately 7.8 million people in the United Kingdom, with older people more likely to live with chronic pain. In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service is committed to providing patient-centered care, which embraces the religious and spiritual needs of patients. This aspect of care is governed by uncertainty; there is a lack of understanding about th…
Reconfiguring the health-promoting hospital
This paper seeks to explore how hospitals can be reconfigured to adopt more ‘health-promoting’ approaches and values. Specifically, the paper focuses on the role of hospital chaplaincy and argues that spiritual care should be considered alongside other health domains. Using semi-structured interviews, the aim of the paper is to explore the experiences of patients who accepted (n = 10) and declined (n = 10) hospital chaplaincy services. Data were …
Spiritual Care at the Crossroads
This ecumenical White Paper aims to clarify the profile of Christian healthcare chaplaincy in a context of rapidly changing healthcare systems. The increasing complexity and specialization of healthcare, the shift towards outpatient care, mounting economic pressures, the demographic and epidemiological transitions towards chronic and elderly care, and global health crises are profoundly transforming and challenging Christian healthcare chaplaincy…
Medicine (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Alternative medicine (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Pastoral care (3 works)