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Reference: Os2004-1
Title:
Professional Integration and Pastoral Integrity
Author:
Rev Eirik Os
Form:
Introduction to a discussion. Presented at the ENHCC conference ‘Growing
together in our pain. Differences and tensions in healthcare Chaplaincy in
Europe’ in Dublin, 2004. Publication details
Full text published on the web page of the ENHCC
Original language:
English
Key words:
Challenges in contemporary healthcare, relation to the secular, professional
integration, pastoral integrity
Abstract:
Every country in the European Community has a different history of the
relationship between church and state. The most central pain in the European
Network of Health Care Chaplaincy is the different principles in how
chaplaincy should connect to the secular. Chaplains work in the public area
of health care and therefore need recognition of the state. But how do
chaplains connect themselves to the secular? It is a fact that health care
itself became secular. At the same time it turned into a cathedral of
science, political decision making, control, modern management and economy.
Is there any room for faith in this cathedral? Our task is to integrate
pastoral care as a profession with accountability. The context of
contemporary health care might induce a tension with our pastoral integrity.
This tension should be used to clarify our responsibilities and to increase
our professional standards.
(abstract by Anne Vandenhoeck)
Link to full text:
Os2004-1
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