The value of hospital chaplains: patient perspectives.
Reports the results of a questionnaire mailed to insurance claimants (N = 2480) recently discharged from a hospital. Analyzes the results and concludes from the data that patients place high value on pastoral services. Suggests that both hospital administrators and chaplains make sure that adequate attention be given to serving patient families, long-stay and repeated admission patients, and to the patients' demonstrated need for frequent visits, particularly in these times of rapid changes in condensing hospital stays.
Gibbons
J L
JL
Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.
Thomas
J
J
VandeCreek
L
L
Jessen
A K
AK
D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States