Sharp C G
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
South Med J. 1991 Dec;84(12):1482-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199112000-00017.
The hospital chaplain is a relatively new member of the health care team, and there is little objective information on the chaplaincy's role in the hospital. To evaluate the chaplain's role, I collected information from the chaplain's daily logs and from a medical staff/parent questionnaire on the use of the chaplaincy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Both the medical/nursing staff and the chaplains viewed the chaplain's role as encompassing both traditional (religious functionary) and nontraditional functions. However, the medical/nursing staff consulted chaplains only for traditional roles. The discrepancy in chaplain use suggests a need for objective study about the chaplain's role. I offer hypotheses for testing the role of the chaplaincy in the NICU.
医院牧师是医疗团队中相对较新的成员，关于牧师在医院中的角色，客观信息很少。为了评估牧师的角色，我从牧师的日常日志以及一份关于新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）中牧师服务使用情况的医护人员/家长调查问卷中收集了信息。医护人员和牧师都认为牧师的角色既包括传统（宗教神职人员）功能，也包括非传统功能。然而，医护人员仅在传统角色方面咨询牧师。在牧师服务使用上的差异表明有必要对牧师的角色进行客观研究。我提出了一些假设，用于测试牧师服务在NICU中的作用。
