Critical Care
Delivering Spiritual Care in Healthcare Contexts
Providing a bridge between research in healthcare and spirituality and practitioner perspectives, these essays on chaplaincy in healthcare continue dialogue around constructing, negotiating and researching spiritual care and discuss the critical issues in chaplaincy work, including assisted suicide and care in children's hospices. Each section of the book is introduced by an academic theologian, giving the book a strong theoretical base, before serving healthcare chaplains offer their perspectives and experiences with material drawn from practice in a broad spectrum of healthcare contexts.
The integration of theory and practical application in these essays will be of interest to chaplains, healthcare practitioners, and students of theology and healthcare.
Jonathan Pye is Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Research Associate at the School of Community Medicine at the University of Bristol. He is also Lead Tutor (Healthcare Route) on the MTh in Chaplaincy Studies at the University of Cardiff and is an experienced former hospital chaplain.
Peter Sedgwick is a Life Fellow at the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, Honorary Lecturer at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University, and the Principal of St Michael's College, Cardiff.
Andrew Todd is Director of the Cardiff Centre for Chaplaincy Studies. In addition to managing the Centre, he also directs its research programme. He is also Senior Associate and former President of the Cambridge Theological Federation.
