title: 'Paramedical' Healing in Hospitals: The Expansion of Spiritual Care in Seoul.
abstract: Emotional and spiritual healing stand at the center of the activity of Catholic pastoral caregivers attending to the sick in non-Catholic hospitals in Seoul. In this paper I explore how these agents understand their practice as part of a holistic human healing, positioning their work side by side with medical healing. I also examine how their role is both confirmed and challenged against the backdrop of the growing commercialization of the health care industry under the neoliberal paradigm.
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University Seoul, Republic of Korea ireneypark@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Irene Yung
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: Catholic chaplaincy; clinical pastoral care; hospitals in Seoul