A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry: Healing Ways

by Koenig; Harold G

• ISBN13: 9780789012111
• ISBN10: 0789012111
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317956754
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Examine a meaningful, integrated, systemic, and pragmatic view of hospital ministry! A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry: Healing Ways is a comprehensive resource that examines the roles and responsibilities of hospital chaplains. It will help you make a shift toward a knowledge- and skill-based ministry that both incorporates and goes beyond current training approaches. In the words of author McCall, "In today'¬"s healthcare and specialized ministry services, education and training must be progressive and thorough. It must include experiences that increase one'¬"s expertise in working with individuals, groups, families, consumers, and systems. These services must be integrated into the total structure and resources of hospitals at all levels of mission, philosophy, and program. Furthermore . . . hospital ministry must strive to be a resource to the wider community and the church." A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry is a vital resource for those who want to integrate hospital ministry into organizations whose support and understanding of the discipline are weak or do not exist at all. A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry provides numerous resources that can be of immediate use to anyone engaged in hospital ministry, including: job descriptions descriptions of various types of hospital ministries scope-of-practice statements sample pastoral care brochures and request forms orientation checklists sample religious preference codes a list of typical counseling problems therapeutic referral and progress forms For administrators, educators, and those seeking to provide spiritual and pastoral resources to hospitalized individuals and their families, A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry will prove to be an invaluable reference work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(1)
A Chaplain's Story	1	(5)
Beginning Assumptions	6	(2)
Hospital Ministry As Health Care Resource	8	(2)
Taking the Temperature of Hospital Ministry	10	(1)
Growing Needs in the Field of Hospital Ministry	11	(4)
Current Strengths of Hospital Ministry	15	(3)
The Interactive Format of This Book	18	(2)
An Overview	20	(3)
Introduction to Ministry in Hospital Settings	23	(22)
Traditional Ministries	28	(3)
Newer Traditions	31	(3)
Recent Directions	34	(2)
Challenges and Changes in the Field	36	(7)
Summary	43	(2)
Understanding the Hospitalization Process and Patient Needs	45	(28)
Martha's Experience	45	(1)
The Health Care Service Wheel	46	(4)
Changes in Hospitalization and Care	50	(3)
What Do Patients Want?	53	(2)
Research on What Patients Want	55	(3)
What Patients Want in the Area of Spiritual Care	58	(13)
What Do Patients Need from You?	71	(2)
Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery	73	(32)
The Gift of a 100 Percent Cure	74	(1)
Themes of Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery	74	(1)
Questions About Health and Illness	75	(6)
Questions About Wellness and Recovery	81	(2)
Questions About Healing and Hope	83	(3)
The Role of Beliefs	86	(2)
The Development of Core Images of Health and Illness	88	(3)
Images of Health and Illness	91	(1)
Types of Images Encountered in Treatment of Patients	92	(6)
Effects of Images on Health and Illness	98	(7)
Establishing a Vision and a Mission for Hospital Ministry	105	(28)
Assumptions and Values	105	(7)
Value Awareness Exercises	112	(6)
The Development of a Hospital Ministry Vision Statement	118	(11)
Areas of Growing Concern	129	(2)
Putting Vision and Mission into Practice	131	(2)
Integrating Professional Needs into the Practice of Hospital Ministry	133	(28)
A Student's Experience	134	(1)
What Does a Person New to Hospital Ministry Need?	135	(1)
Needs of Persons Engaged in Hospital Ministry	135	(24)
Identifying Professional Ministry Needs	159	(2)
Developing Caring Contexts for Health and Healing	161	(26)
Caring Contexts for Spiritual Healing	161	(1)
The Self As Patient and Healer	162	(7)
The Spiritual Care Provider	169	(4)
Care-Based Processes	173	(2)
Spaces and Places for Caring	175	(7)
Relationships As Contexts	182	(5)
Focusing on Skill Development	187	(40)
The Art and Skill of Hospital Ministry	187	(1)
Using Common Sense	188	(7)
Making Initial Contacts	195	(7)
Providing Practical Help	202	(8)
Supportive Strategies	210	(3)
Brief Counseling	213	(7)
Crisis Ministry	220	(7)
Going Beyond the Basics	227	(24)
Making Use of This Chapter	228	(1)
Administrative Skills and Functions	228	(5)
Consultation	233	(1)
Biomedical and Professional Ethics	234	(1)
Advanced Pastoral Care	235	(1)
Advanced Pastoral Counseling	236	(12)
Training Programs, Teaching, and Supervision	248	(1)
Contributions to the Field---Research and Writing	249	(1)
Interpretation and Advocacy Within the Wider Community	249	(1)
Developing a Professional Plan for Growth and Development	250	(1)
Making Connections	251	(16)
The Large Picture of Service	251	(2)
Hospital-Wide Spiritual Care Efforts	253	(2)
Community Clergy Involvement	255	(3)
Use of Clergy Consultants	258	(2)
Church and Faith Community Bridge Building	260	(4)
The Rewards of Hospital Ministry	264	(3)
Appendix A. Categorization of Hospital Ministry Form	267	(1)
Appendix B. Pastoral Services Spiritual Care Chaplain Request Form	268	(1)
Appendix C. What Patients Request on Chaplain Request Forms	269	(1)
Appendix D. Sample Pastoral Services Policy Statement	270	(5)
Appendix E. Sample Pastoral Services Scope of Practice Statement	275	(2)
Appendix F. Chaplain I: Job Description	277	(2)
Appendix G. Chaplain II: Clinical Education Coordinator/Director Job Description	279	(2)
Appendix H. Chaplain IV: Administrator/Director Job Description	281	(2)
Appendix I. Sample Brochure	283	(2)
Appendix J. Identifying Professional Needs	285	(1)
Appendix K. Department of Pastoral Services Sample Orientation Checklist	286	(2)
Appendix L. Spiritual Needs Assessment	288	(2)
Appendix M. Care Readiness Questionnaire	290	(2)
Appendix N. Religious Preference Codes	292	(2)
Appendix O. Typical Presenting Problems: Brief Counseling	294	(2)
Appendix P. Introduction to Supervision: Pre--Self-Assessment	296	(1)
Appendix Q. Introduction to Supervision: Post--Self-Assessment	297	(1)
Appendix R. Sample of Group Referral Form	298	(1)
Appendix S. Sample Group Documentation Log	299	(2)
Bibliography	301	(4)
Index	305