hospital chaplains
Ward spiritual counselors
Hospital chaplains are clergy or trained spiritual care providers who serve patients, families, and staff in healthcare settings.
They offer comfort, prayer, and emotional support during illness, crisis, and death—often crossing denominational lines to serve people of any faith or none.
The hospital chaplain sat with the family through the night.
Unlike parish clergy, their ministry centers on presence rather than preaching.
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- spiritual careAttending to sacred needs
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
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- wartime chaplains
- health servicespatient care, pediatric care, home care, pediatrics, nursing care
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- faith healingfaith healing, faith healers, faith healer, divine healing, healing prayer
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Doctors performing operations
physicians · medical staff · trauma surgeons · attending physicians · nurses
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