Introduction: Autoethnography as a Research Method for Chaplain Case Study. Steve Nolan. I: Chaplains' Care in Pediatrics. 1. 'That's great! You can tell us how you are feeling' - Mark, a recently severely physically disabled eleven-year-old boy with a brain tumour. Liz Bryson, Paul Nash and Sally Nash. 2. 'She's already done so much' - Sarah, diagnosed prenatally with trisomy 18, and her family. Patrick Jinks. 3. Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies - A Paediatric Chaplain's Perspective. Hans Evers. 4. Critical Response to Paediatric Case Studies - A Paediatric Nurse's Perspective. Jennifer Baird. II: Chaplains' Care for Veterans. 5. 'He is disappointed I am not the son he wanted. I tried and tried to deny I am a girl' - Vicki, a male-to-female transgender veteran. Janet Hanson. 6. 'I was able to go to confession' - Mrs Helen, a survivor of military sexual trauma perpetrated by a religious leader. Valerie C. Sanders. 7. Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies - A Chaplain's Perspective. Andrew Todd. 8. Critical Response to Veterans' Case Studies - A Psychologist's Perspective. Jason Nieuwsma. III: The Chaplain as Ritual Leader. 9. 'God's just too busy for us right now' - Paul, a ten-year-old white male transitioning from tertiary medical centre to paediatric inpatient psychiatric hospital. Jessica Bratt Carle. 10. Connecting family members through ritual - Jakob, Hulda and their family in palliative care. Guðlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir. 11. 'I do want to get this funeral planned' - Daisy, a former colleague in hospice care. Patricia Roberts. 12. 'For myself and for Your people with whom I pray' - Mrs Pearlman, an 82-year-old woman with a terminal diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer's disease. Amy Goodman and Joel Baron. 13. Critical Response to Use of Ritual Case Studies - A Pastoral Theologian's Perspective. Herbert Anderson. 14. Critical Response to Use of Ritual Case Studies - A Chaplain's Perspective. Mark Cobb. IV:The Chaplain as Self-Reflexive Practitioner. 15. 'I'd like you to get to know about me' - Kristof, a 50-year-old atheist academic admitted to hospice for palliative symptom control. Steve Nolan. 16. Critical Response to Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study - A Chaplain's Perspective. Cheryl Holmes. 17. Critical Response to Chaplain's Self-Reflexive Case Study - A Psychoanalyst's Perspective. Linda Emanuel. Afterword: Case Studies and Chaplaincy Research. George Fitchett. Contributors. schovat popis