Spiritual Care Professionals as Unit-Based Interdisciplinary Team Members? Considering Patient and Staff Perceptions in a Forensic Mental Health Care Setting-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Spiritual Care Professionals as Unit-Based Interdisciplinary Team Members? Considering Patient and Staff Perceptions in a Forensic Mental Health Care Setting

Published:2022-04-18 Issue:2 Volume:76 Page:139-149
ISSN:1542-3050
Container-title:Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications
language:en
Short-container-title:J Pastoral Care Counsel

Author:

Patrick Heard Clark¹²³^ORCID,Scott Jared¹²³,Yeo Rev’d Stephen¹²⁴

Affiliation:

1. Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

2. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

3. The University of Western Ontario School of Occupational Therapy, London, Ontario, Canada

4. Martin Luther University College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

This project considers two co-occurring studies accounting perceptions of patients (n=8) and staff (n=8) related to assignment of Spiritual Care students as full-time interdisciplinary team members at a Forensic mental health facility. Students on 12-week placements were individually assigned to care units. Qualitative method consistent with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was employed. The co-occurring studies identified that enhanced access to Spiritual Care was valued. Staff and patients indicated a desire for more spirituality focused participation.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15423050221092317

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