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LEADING ARTICLE
Religion
Developing multi-faith chaplaincy
1 Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK
2 Acorns Children Hospice Trust, Birmingham, UK
3 Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr A R Gatrad
Manor Hospital, Moat Road, Walsall WS2 9PS, UK; steadmana@walsallhospitals.nhs.uk
For spirit’s sake ...
Keywords: chaplaincy; developing; multi-faith
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To be human, one has a spirit. That this spirit is named and nurtured in multiple ways around the globe does not detract from the fact that it exists at the core of each and every being.1 So how, in modern day medical practice is this essential aspect of health catered for, for the children and their families from non-Christian faiths?
Ever since the inception of the NHS, hospital authorities have attempted to "provide" for the spiritual needs of patients and staff. Almost every hospital in Britain boasts a chapel and during the past 50 years over 400 hospital chaplains have been appointed. In pluralist societies, it is however essential that the spiritual needs of all faith communities are identified and met.2 Regrettably, this has not been the case with respect to many of the estimated three million Britons, or the one in ten children subscribing to non-Christian minority
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