Reconfiguring the health-promoting hospital
The role of chaplaincy in England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22944645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Allison (0000-0003-2064-5191, Healthcare Chaplain , NHS Highland, corresponding author), J W Woodhall (0000-0001-8022-2444, Leeds Beckett University), James Woodhall (Leeds Beckett University), Michelle Briggs (0000-0001-6741-357X, Clinical Professor of Nursing & Director, Manchester Clinical Academic Centre (MCAC) for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs (NMAHPs), Manchester NHS Foundation Trust/University of Manchester , Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester , UK), Chris Swift (0000-0003-1220-728X, Visiting Professor, Religious, Spiritual and Pastoral Care, Staffordshire University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daad068 |
| PMID | 37440253 |
| OpenAlex | W4384119426 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
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 analysed drawing on principles of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The findings suggested that participants who accessed chaplaincy services reported using the chaplains for pastoral, religious and spiritual care which contributed positively to their sense of well-being. This included religious rituals and supportive conversations. The majority of these participants had existing links with a faith institution. Participants who declined chaplaincy services reported having personal religious or spiritual beliefs. Other reasons cited, included: that the offer was made close to discharge; they had different support mechanisms; they were unaware of what the chaplaincy service offered. Participants identified a number of skills and attributes they associated with chaplains. They perceived them as being religious but available to all, somebody to talk to who was perceived as impartial with a shared knowledge and understanding. The paper concludes by highlighting the important role of chaplaincy as part of a holistic health-promoting hospital. This has implications not only for the design, delivery and promotion of chaplaincy services but also for health promotion more broadly to consider spiritual needs.
Alternative medicine · Business · Faith · Health care · Health promotion · Institution · Pastoral care · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Public relations · Service (business) · Sociology · Spiritual care · Spirituality · Theology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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Non-religious pastoral care
Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse
Intensified Religious Pluralism and De-differentiation
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |