Handzo George F, Flannelly Kevin J, Kudler Taryn, Fogg Sarah L, Harding Stephen R, Hasan Yusuf H, Ross A Meigs, Taylor Bonita E
The HealthCare Chaplaincy, USA.
J Health Care Chaplain. 2008;14(1):39-56. doi: 10.1080/08854720802053853.
The current study analyzes data from 30,995 chaplain visits with patients and families that were part of the New York Chaplaincy Study. The data were collected at 13 healthcare institutions in the Greater New York City area from 1994-1996. Seventeen chaplain interventions were recorded: nine that were religious or spiritual in nature, and eight that were more general or not specifically religious. Chaplains used religious/spiritual interventions, alone or in conjunction with general interventions, in the vast majority of their visits with patients and families. The types of interventions used varied by the patient's medical status to some degree, but the pattern of interventions used was similar across faith group and medical status. The results document the unique role of the chaplain as a member of the healthcare care team and suggest there is desire among a broad range of patients, including those who claim no religion, to receive the kind of care chaplains provide.
当前的研究分析了来自纽约牧师研究的30995次牧师与患者及家属探访的数据。这些数据于1994年至1996年在大纽约市地区的13家医疗机构收集。记录了17种牧师干预措施：9种具有宗教或精神性质，8种更具一般性或并非特定宗教性。在绝大多数与患者及家属的探访中，牧师单独或结合一般性干预措施使用宗教/精神干预措施。所使用的干预措施类型在一定程度上因患者的医疗状况而异，但不同信仰群体和医疗状况下所使用的干预措施模式相似。研究结果证明了牧师作为医疗团队成员的独特作用，并表明包括那些宣称无宗教信仰的患者在内的广泛患者群体都希望获得牧师所提供的那种关怀。
