Recognizing the Role of Chaplaincy in Healthcare: Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult and trying time, but as most situations in life, it brought both good and bad side effects. Concerning chaplaincy, COVID-19 reveals that we have not arrived yet in the effort to incorporate spiritual care into essential health care delivery. Although chaplaincy is beginning to have a voice, we have been mostly speaking to ourselves. We need an advocacy voice that healthcare systems and policy makers can hear.

Keywords

Chaplains healthcare chaplains spirituality and healthcare spiritual care during COVID-19 pandemic essential and nonessential health workers advocacy for chaplains

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