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Spiritual Care for Non-Communicative Patients: A Guidebook

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Research shows that non-responsive patients benefit significantly from spiritual andpastoral care. This book equips chaplains with the confidence and skills to deliverexcellent care in this challenging context. With exercises, worksheets, small groupactivities and case studies, it sets out how best to use words and body language, fostertrust and respect, and involve patients' loved ones. It provides practical ways to recogniseand affirm the humanity of the patient, and how to engage with the patient by employingskills of listening and presence.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface

Responding to a NeedA Quality Improvement Project.

How to Use this GuidebookGently, slowly.

In the Hallway.The Long Walk

Entering the Room - the patient is alone.Crossing the threshold.The Family is HereBalancing a pastoral visit with the patient and the family or friends.

The Team Will see You NowA member of the medical team is in the room or nearby.

Staying in the RoomDrawing on pastoral skills to stay until the visit is complete.

The Spiritual Heart of the VisitHow to discover it.

PrayerEvery step is a prayer.

Summary of Skills

Teaching ResourcesThe DidacticChapTime listRole PlaysVoices of Chaplains

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Acknowledgements

Many chaplains and chaplain-interns will be exclaiming: ""Where has this book been before now!?"" Golding and Dixon have given us a much-needed, ethically sensitive, pithy, and eminently practical guide to spiritual care with a particularly challenging patient population, affirming that silence and the ""ministry of presence"" is a profound gift to both patients and their families - and can be a deepening spiritual experience for the caregiver as well.
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