The Corona pandemic as a challenge for spiritual care

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Religions for Peace Australia has two related websites, Multifaith Education Australia and Multifaith Chaplaincy Australia. The following article appeared on our Multifaith Chaplaincy website as Advice for Pastors (Chaplains) and is excellent reading as it gives a Chaplaincy in the European Union point of view – where the maximum death counts are taking place in the world at the time of publication. We offer it for your reflection and engagement.

Spiritual Care is an essential part of the care of critically ill and dying patients and their family members. This also applies in the current corona pandemic, in which all those involved are challenged to an unprecedented extent. Chaplains in hospitals, geriatric care facilities and in outpatient palliative care bear responsibility for the maintenance of spiritual care, with and for all those involved. They represent the shared caretaking effort of all health professions and are usually the first point of contact for spiritual care.

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