title: Apophatic attending: an essential for pastoral diagnosis.
abstract: While mechanisms for spiritual assessment have multiplied in recent years, specific approaches to pastoral diagnosis have remained elusive. The elusive nature of pastoral diagnosis reminds caregivers of the necessity not only to pay attention to the kataphatic side of pastoral diagnosis, but also to the apophatic side of pastoral diagnosis, ultimately allowing for a kataphatic and apophatic interplay.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Maryland, Department of Pastoral Counseling, 8890 McGaw Road, Suite 380, Columbia, MD 21045, USA. trodgerson@loyola.edu
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Rodgerson
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011361:Professional Competence; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality