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Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health 3/2018

29.11.2017 | Original Paper

Spiritist Hospital Chaplaincy in Brazil: 5 Years of Documented Experience

verfasst von: Alexandre Anefalos, Wilkens Aurélio Buarque e Silva, Renan Mercuri Pinto, Renée Danckwardt Ferrari, Aparecida de Fátima Boni, Cleide Borges Duarte, Rodrigo Ribas dos Reis

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 3/2018

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Abstract

Spiritist Hospital Chaplaincy in Brazil has been growing significantly in recent years, with the implementation of new services through the work of Spiritist Medical Associations (SMAs) in different regions of the country. This article describes the importance of historical interconnections from the advent of spiritism in the world and its introduction in Brazil to the emergence of Spiritist Hospital Chaplaincy in our country and presents the documented experience over 5 years of spiritist chaplain care, in the period from 2012 to 2016, guided by the SMA of Piracicaba at the Unimed Hospital of Piracicaba (São Paulo). We documented 41,914 visits to 13,983 inpatients and an analysis of these records allowed us to reflect on the importance of this service and confirm its expansion and acceptance by different contemporary religious beliefs.
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Metadaten
Titel
Spiritist Hospital Chaplaincy in Brazil: 5 Years of Documented Experience
verfasst von
Alexandre Anefalos
Wilkens Aurélio Buarque e Silva
Renan Mercuri Pinto
Renée Danckwardt Ferrari
Aparecida de Fátima Boni
Cleide Borges Duarte
Rodrigo Ribas dos Reis
Publikationsdatum
29.11.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0527-5

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