RT Article
T1 Religious/Spiritual Referrals in Hospice and Palliative Care
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 10
A1 Pentaris, Panagiotis
A1 Tripathi, Khyati
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1736642235
AB This study examines the religious/spiritual referral patterns in hospice and palliative care. Religion and death are two highly intersected topics and albeit often discussed together in hospice and palliative care, little is known about how professionals respond to religious/spiritual needs of patients/families/friends and in relation to the chaplaincy team. By means of an in-depth interviewing method, this paper reports on data from 15 hospice and palliative care professionals. Participants were recruited from across five hospice and palliative care organisations, and the data was managed and analysed with the use of NVivo. Largely, participants were keen to refer patients/families/friends to the chaplaincy team, unless the former’s faith or lack thereof did not match the chaplains, in which case referrals to a religious leader in the community were favoured. This shed light to the tendencies to homogenise religious/spiritual beliefs. The paper concludes with some implications for practice and research.
K1 Chaplaincy
K1 homogenization of faith
K1 Hospice
K1 Religion
K1 religious referral
K1 Spiritual Care
DO 10.3390/rel11100496