The Role of the Pastoral Practitioner in Health Outcomes and Wellbeing During Acute Illness: Exploring the Patient Experience of a Pastoral Visit

The role of the pastoral practitioner is embedded in many health care services and organizations. Despite this, there is little evidence to describe the impact of this role on patient outcomes, in particular how visits by a pastoral practitioner influence patient healing and recovery. This paper des...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, Janie, Gardner, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: SAGE 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61738