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Partners in healing : compassionate visitors for people burdened by illness, grief, and loss : a handbook / edited by Beverly Anne Musgrave and John R. Bickle.

Partners in healing : compassionate visitors for people burdened by illness, grief, and loss : a handbook / edited by Beverly Anne Musgrave and John R. Bickle.
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259.4 MUS
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259.4 MUS
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Record Number 175455
ISBN 0809141728
9780809141722
Title Partners in healing : compassionate visitors for people burdened by illness, grief, and loss : a handbook / edited by Beverly Anne Musgrave and John R. Bickle.
Published New York : Paulist Press, 2003.
Description 180 pages ; 23 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction / Beverly Anne Musgrave -- Pt. I. The Meaning of Illness -- The Spiritual Pain of Illness: Finding Meaning in Loss / John R. Bickle -- The Spiritual Challenge of Illness: Hope / Elizabeth M. Renyi -- Pt. II. Issues for Visitors -- Empathy: The Caregiver Looks Both Ways / Beverly Anne Musgrave -- Visiting Those Who Mourn / Sarah L. Fogg -- Presence: An Active Silence / Beverly Anne Musgrave -- The Costly Business of Being a Care Partner / Beverly Anne Musgrave -- Healing Presence: Meetings with Patients / Jacqueline C. Perez -- Health Issues for Visitors / Kathleen M. Duffy -- Confidence and Confidentiality: The Ethics of Pastoral Visitation / Curtis W. Hart -- Pt. III. Supporting Visitation Programs -- Practical Steps to Developing Effective Volunteers / Patricia Cusack -- Common Ground: The Importance of Group Support for Visitors / Elizabeth A. Baker -- Critical Issues in the Development of a Pastoral Visitation Program / Michelle D. White.
Summary "This volume is a handbook for those who visit the sick or needy, whether in hospitals or at home." "The chapters of this book have been written by medical and pastoral professionals, psychologists, and former patients. They represent the new thrust in caregiving that goes beyond doctors' offices, meeting people where they live and in places of the spirit where they need to find healing."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects Church work with the sick
Church work with the bereaved
Visitation (Church work)
Added Names Musgrave, Beverly Anne
Bickle, John
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