The Chaplain's Presence and Medical Power
Rethinking Loss in the Hospital System| By: | Richard Coble |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9781498559119 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781498559126 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Why is loss present but rarely spoken of in the hospital system? How does such silence carry over to the practices of chaplains who accompany dying patients and grieving families? Richard Coble critically examines his experiences as a hospital chaplain to analyze the place of spiritual care in wider trends vexing healthcare today, including its persistent disparities and its related inability to reckon with human decline. Simultaneously, he offers routes for chaplains to be a force of change.