Diversity in the pastoral relationship: an evaluation of the helping styles inventory.
Presents an ethnographic study of practitioners' experiences of the Helping Styles Inventory (HSI). Analyzes the data from twenty-one interviews, noting helpful and limiting aspects of the HSI. Discusses implications of the research for the HSI and for ministry in general.
O'Connor
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Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Meakes
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Bourdeau
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McCarroll-Butler
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Papp
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D002170:Canada; D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006302:Health Services Research; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales