Case Studies in Spiritual Care

Steve Nolan, Ph.D., is a palliative care chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Surrey, UK, where he works daily with people who are dying, supporting them and their families. He regularly teaches spiritual care to students visiting the hospice and is a tutor on the MTh in Chaplaincy Studies at St. Michael's College, Llandaff, part of Cardiff University.

Introduction: Autoethnography as a Research Method for Chaplain Case Study. Steve Nolan. I: Chaplains' Care in Pediatrics. 1. 'That's great! You can tell us how you are feeling' - Mark, a recently severely physically disabled eleven-year-old boy with a brain tumour. Liz Bryson, Paul Nash and Sally Nash. 2. 'She's already done so much' - Sarah, diagnosed prenatally with trisomy 18, and her family. Patrick Jinks. 3. Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies - A Paediatric Chaplain's Perspective. Hans Evers. 4. Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies - A Paediatric Nurse's Perspective. Jennifer Baird. II: Chaplains' Care for Veterans. 5. 'He is disappointed I am not the son he wanted. I tried and tried to deny I am a girl' - Vicki, a male-to-female transgender veteran. Janet Hanson. 6. 'I was able to go to confession' - Mrs Helen, a survivor of military sexual trauma perpetrated by a religious leader. Valerie C. Sanders. 7. Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies - A Chaplain's Perspective. Andrew Todd. 8. Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies - A Psychologist's Perspective. Jason Nieuwsma. III: The Chaplain as Ritual Leader. 9. 'God's just too busy for us right now' - Paul, a ten-year-old white male transitioning from tertiary medical centre to paediatric inpatient psychiatric hospital. Jessica Bratt Carle. 10. Connecting family members through ritual - Jakob, Hulda and their family in palliative care. Guðlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir. 11. 'I do want to get this funeral planned' - Daisy, a former colleague in hospice care. Patricia Roberts. 12. 'For myself and for Your people with whom I pray' - Mrs Pearlman, an 82-year-old woman with a terminal diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer's disease. Amy Goodman and Joel Baron. 13. Critical Response to Use of Ritual Case Studies - A Pastoral Theologian's Perspective. Herbert Anderson. 14. Critical Response to Use of Ritual Case Studies - A Chaplain's Perspective. Mark Cobb. IV:The Chaplain as Self-Reflexive Practitioner. 15. 'I'd like you to get to know about me' - Kristof, a 50-year-old atheist academic admitted to hospice for palliative symptom control. Steve Nolan. 16. Critical Response to Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study - A Chaplain's Perspective. Cheryl Holmes. 17. Critical Response to Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study - A Psychoanalyst's Perspective. Linda Emanuel. Afterword: Case Studies and Chaplaincy Research. George Fitchett. Contributors.