title: Shema, Vidui, Yivarechecha: what to say and how to pray with Jewish patients in chaplaincy.
abstract: A 90-minute focus group was conducted with five male and two female Jewish professional chaplains from Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox backgrounds. This study describes and discusses eight principal themes that emerged from the focus group: (a) the identity, (b) role, and (c) practices of a chaplain; (d) Jewish chaplaincy prayers; (e) practices for chronic versus acute care; (f) patients' reactions to the chaplain's gender; (g) general and spiritual interventions; and, finally, (h) challenges in chaplaincy.
authors.affiliation: The Spears Research Institute, Healthcare Chaplaincy, New York, New York 10022, USA. nsilton@healthcarechaplaincy.org
authors.forename: Nava R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Silton
authors.forename: Cecille A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Asekoff
authors.lastname: Rabbi Bonita Taylor
authors.lastname: Rabbi Paul B Silton
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors