Exiting Patients’ Rooms and Ending Relationships

Questions and Challenges Faced by Hospital Chaplains

Bibliographic Data

ID21744969
AuthorsRobert Klitzman (0000-0002-6827-8063, Columbia University, corresponding author), Gabrielle Di Sapia Natarelli (Columbia University), Stephanie Sinnappan (0000-0001-6793-9555, Columbia University), Elizaveta Garbuzova (Columbia University), Jay Al-Hashimi (Columbia University)
Year2023
Volume77
Issue2
Pages92-100
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-3050 • E-ISSN: 2167-776X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/15423050221146507
PMID36597657
OpenAlexW4313487806
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

These data, the first to explore chaplains' challenges in ending visits/relationships with patients/families, has critical implications for practice, education, and research. Questions arise about the scope/boundaries of chaplains' relationships with patients/families. Interviews were conducted with 23 chaplains who face questions/challenges regarding how to end visits and interactions, including individual conversations and ongoing relationships with patients/families. Chaplains confront uncertainties and rely on verbal- and non-verbal cues to gauge how long to stay with each patient/family, and they are sometimes unsure. These data have critical implications for practice, education, and research

Health care · Medical education · Political science · Scope of practice · Social science · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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