Hospital Chaplains as Interlocutors on Existential Themes with Patients at Risk of Suicide

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI:10.1558/hscc.23010

Ane Inger Bondahl Søberg, L. J. Danbolt, S. H. K. Haug, T. Sørensen

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Abstract

This qualitative study focuses on how hospital chaplains encounter and explore existential themes in their conversations with patients at risk of suicide. Hospital chaplains from three of the four health regions in Norway participated in focus group interviews. The interviews were analysed by systematic text condensation. We found that the participants emphasized support and being a witness to patients’ narratives, exploring existential themes regarding life and death, guilt and shame, relatedness and loneliness, faith and hope. The chaplains understood their role as representing life. Their theological perspectives, pastoral clinical education and experiences were seen as being important in these conversations. Further research may investigate how the hospital chaplains’ role and existential competence can contribute to interdisciplinary teams working with patients at risk of suicide, examining how conversations about existential themes affect patients’ health, and whether these conversations prevent suicide.

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医院牧师与有自杀风险的患者对话生存主题

这项定性研究的重点是医院牧师在与有自杀风险的患者的对话中如何遇到和探索存在主义主题。来自挪威四个卫生地区中三个地区的医院牧师参加了焦点小组访谈。访谈采用系统的文本浓缩法进行分析。我们发现，参与者强调支持和见证患者的叙述，探索关于生与死、内疚与羞耻、关联与孤独、信仰与希望的存在主义主题。牧师们把他们的角色理解为代表生命。他们的神学观点、田园临床教育和经历在这些对话中被认为是重要的。进一步的研究可能会调查医院牧师的角色和生存能力如何有助于跨学科团队与有自杀风险的患者合作，研究关于生存主题的对话如何影响患者的健康，以及这些对话是否能预防自杀。

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Health and Social Care Chaplaincy Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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期刊介绍： Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a peer-reviewed, international journal that assists health and social care chaplains to explore the art and science of spiritual care within a variety of contexts. The journal was founded in 2013 through the merger of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (issn:1748-801X) and the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (issn:1463-9920) . It continues to be the official journal of the College of Health Care Chaplains and members of the society receive the journal as part of their annual membership. For more details on membership subscriptions, please click on the ''members'' button at the top of this page. Back issues of both previous journals are being loaded onto this website (see Archives) and online access to these back issues is included in all institutional subscriptions. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of a range of issues related to the delivery of spiritual care across various settings: acute, paediatric, mental health, palliative care and community. It encourages a creative collaboration and interface between health and social care practitioners in the UK and internationally and consolidates different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies. It is responsive to both ecumenical and interfaith agendas as well as those from a humanist perspective.