Experience of the Spiritist Hospital Chaplaincy Service: A Retrospective Study.
The Hospital Chaplaincy service is made of religious volunteer work done by representatives of various religions properly trained to offer spiritual support to hospitalized patients, as well as their families, contributing as a source of protection, comfort and restoring faith in the face of illness. The objective of this study is to present a retrospective analysis of records made by chaplains, guided by the Spiritist Medical Association of Piracicaba, through 7419 calls to 2191 patients admitted at Unimed Hospital of Piracicaba in 2014. The results contributed to the production of scientific documentation about this new holistic model that still lies in acceptance phase in the country.
Center for Digestive Physiology of Piracicaba, Functional Diseases and Manometry of the Digestive System, Albert Einstein Research and Teaching Institute, Spiritist Medical Association of Piracicaba, Rua Bernardino de Campos, 1708, Bairro Alto, CEP 13.419-100, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. alex.anefal@terra.com.br.
Alexandre
A
Anefalos
Campinas State School of Dentistry, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Wilkens Aurélio Buarque
WAB
E Silva
Statistics and Agronomic Experimentation, LCE - ESALQ, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Renan Mercuri
RM
Pinto
Spiritist Medical Association (SMA) of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Renée Danckwardt
RD
Ferrari
Spiritist Medical Association (SMA) of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Aparecida
A
de Fátima Boni
Spiritist Medical Association (SMA) of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Hélio Goulart
HG
Dos Santos
Spiritist Medical Association (SMA) of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Cleide Borges
CB
Duarte
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002977:Clergy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D029181:Spirituality; D055815:Young Adult
Hospital Chaplaincy; Spiritist chaplains; Spirituality assistance