title: Spiritual care illustrated: creating a shared language.
abstract: In an attempt to schematically illustrate the pastoral care intervention to scientifically minded professionals and colleagues the author developed a model that can be used as an interdisciplinary teaching tool. Within the setting of hospital ministry, the tool also provides insights into the stages of "crisis experience" and illustrates the transformational process involved in The Healing Journey. These change-processes are explained against the background of a multi-level anthropology. This approach births a Healing Journey diagram, a spiritual pain assessment tool, and a seven-phase intervention model that may be helpful in Clinical Pastoral Education.
authors.affiliation: Asante Health System, 2825 Barnett Road, Medford, OR 97504, USA.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nieuwenhuizen
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007802:Language; D017145:Models, Educational; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching