Handbuch der Krankenhausseelsorge

The handbook takes stock of current pastoral care in hospitals. It presents objectives, concepts and working methods of pastoral care in the medical-economic institution of the hospital - from the perspective of practicing pastoral care workers, supervisors, those involved in training and further education, as well as researchers and teachers from theology, central reference sciences and increasingly also from the perspective of management and providers. The book follows the concept of the previous editions by Michael Klessmann: It is about the importance of pastoral care for patients, for their coping with illness, suffering and dying, but also about its importance for the staff of the hospital and the institution as a whole. The focus is on exemplary fields of work on the one hand and on hospital pastoral care as a church activity on the other.