title: The harvest is plenty: a guide for visiting outpatient units.
abstract: Alerts chaplains to the need to expand their traditional venue to encompass the needs of outpatients. Examines the typical outpatient's day and the dynamics of the waiting room. Suggests approaches for the chaplain to take to provide pastoral care in this setting. Utilizes the biblical themes of sowing, nurturing, and harvesting to describe ministry in the outpatient setting.
authors.affiliation: United College Ministries in Northern Virginia, Alexandria 22311, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety; D002977:Clergy; D006801:Humans; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018907:Privacy; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D014481:United States