A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry Healing Ways

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• A Chaplain’s Story
• Beginning Assumptions
• Hospital Ministry As Health Care Resource
• Taking the Temperature of Hospital Ministry
• Growing Needs in the Field of Hospital Ministry
• Current Strengths of Hospital Ministry
• The Interactive Format of This Book
• An Overview
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Ministry in Hospital Settings
• Traditional Ministries
• Newer Traditions
• Recent Directions
• Challenges and Changes in the Field
• In Summary
• Chapter 2. Understanding the Hospitalization Process and Patient Needs
• Martha’s Experience
• The Health Care Service Wheel
• Changes in Hospitalization and Care
• What Do Patients Want?
• Research on What Patients Want
• What Patients Want in the Area of Spiritual Care
• What Do Patients Need from You?
• Chapter 3. Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery
• The Gift of a 100 Percent Cure
• Themes of Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery
• Questions About Health and Illness
• Questions About Health and Recovery
• Questions About Healing and Hope
• The Role of Beliefs
• The Development of Core-Images of Health and Illness
• Images of Health and Illness
• Types of Images Encountered in Treatment of Patients
• Effects of Images on Health and Illness
• Chapter 4. Establishing a Vision and a Mission for Hospital Ministry
• Assumptions and Values
• Value Awareness Exercises
• The Development of A Hospital Ministry Vision Statement
• Areas of Growing Concern
• Putting Vision and Mission into Practice
• Chapter 5. Integrating Professional Needs into the Practice of Hospital Ministry
• A Student’s Experience
• What Does a Person New to Hospital Ministry Need?
• Needs of Persons Engaged in Hospital Ministry
• Identifying Professional Ministry Needs
• Chapter 6. Developing Caring Contexts for Health and Healing
• Caring Contexts for Spiritual Healing
• The Self As Patient and Healer
• The Spiritual Care Provider
• Care-Based Processes
• Spaces and Places for Caring
• Relationship As Context
• Chapter 7. Focusing on Skill Development
• The Art and Skill of Hospital Ministry
• Using Common Sense
• Making Initial Contacts
• Providing Practical Help
• Supportive Strategies
• Brief Counseling
• Crisis Ministry
• Chapter 8. Going Beyond the Basics
• Making Use of This Chapter
• Administrative Skills and Functions
• Consultation
• Biomedical and Professional Ethics
• Advanced Pastoral Care
• Advanced Pastoral Counseling
• Training Programs, Teaching, and Supervision
• Contributions to the Field—Research and Writing
• Interpretation and Advocacy Within the Wider Community
• Developing a Professional Plan for Growth and Development
• Chapter 9. Making Connections
• The Large Picture of Service
• Hospital-Wide Spiritual Care Efforts
• Community Clergy Involvement
• The Use of Clergy Consultants
• Church and Faith Community Bridge Building
• The Rewards of Hospital Ministry
• Appendix A. Categorization of Hospital Ministry Form
• Appendix B. Pastoral Services Spiritual Care and Chaplain Request Form
• Appendix C. What Patients Request on Chaplain Request Forms
• Appendix D. Sample Pastoral Services Policy Statement
• Appendix E. Sample Pastoral Services Scope of Practice Statement
• Appendix F. Chaplain I: Job Description
• Appendix G. Chaplain II: Clinical Education Coordinator/Director Job Description
• Appendix H. Chaplain IV: Administrator/Director Job Description
• Appendix I. Sample Brochure
• Appendix J. Identifying Professional Needs
• Appendix K. Department of Pastoral Services Sample Orientation Checklist
• Appendix L. Spiritual Needs Assessment
• Appendix M. Care Readiness Questionnaire
• Appendix N. Religious Preference Codes
• Appendix O. Typical Presenting Problems: Brief Coun

Biography

Harold G Koenig, Junietta B Mccall