| Literature DB >> 26272098 |
Alexandre Anefalos1, Wilkens Aurélio Buarque E Silva2, Renan Mercuri Pinto3, Renée Danckwardt Ferrari4, Aparecida de Fátima Boni4, Hélio Goulart Dos Santos4, Cleide Borges Duarte4.
Abstract
The Hospital Chaplaincy service is made of religious volunteer work done by representatives of various religions properly trained to offer spiritual support to hospitalized patients, as well as their families, contributing as a source of protection, comfort and restoring faith in the face of illness. The objective of this study is to present a retrospective analysis of records made by chaplains, guided by the Spiritist Medical Association of Piracicaba, through 7419 calls to 2191 patients admitted at Unimed Hospital of Piracicaba in 2014. The results contributed to the production of scientific documentation about this new holistic model that still lies in acceptance phase in the country.Entities:
Keywords: Hospital Chaplaincy; Spiritist chaplains; Spirituality assistance
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26272098 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0106-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Relig Health ISSN: 0022-4197