title: Pastoral care of the premature baby.
abstract: A chaplain shares his learning in his attempts to deliver meaningful pastoral care to premature babies in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a hospital. Explicates some of the parallels between pastoral communication with adults and with babies, noting especially the necessity of recognizing the need for creative modification of adult modes of care.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Purvis-Smith
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D002977:Clergy; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007697:Kinesics; D008297:Male; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010551:Personality; D014481:United States