Developing a Buddhist approach to pastoral care: a peacemaker's view

J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2005 Spring-Summer;59(1-2):57-61. doi: 10.1177/154230500505900106.

Abstract

As the United States becomes a more multicultural and multireligious society, the ranks of healthcare chaplains are no longer being limited solely to Judeo-Christian clerics. In an effort to increase interfaith understanding and ecumenical awareness, the author presents one model of healthcare chaplaincy that derives itself from a Buddhist perspective and how he uses it in his daily work at a large medical center in the United States.

MeSH terms

  • Buddhism*
  • Chaplaincy Service, Hospital*
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational
  • Pastoral Care / methods*
  • Professional Role
  • Religion and Medicine*
  • Spirituality
  • United States