What is it about?
This article-a personal reflection-describes my experience (and lessons learned) with a terminally ill patient in 1977 when I was a clinical pastoral education chaplain intern.
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Why is it important?
It addresses the struggles of ministering to a terminally ill person. It focuses on the emotional struggles of ministering to the terminaly ill.
Perspectives
As a young chaplain intern I expected ministering to a terminally ill patient to follow the then popular 5 stage theory of Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross. I was not prepared for the personal toll it would take on me.
Dr Joseph Baroody
Baroody Pastoral Counseling
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This page is a summary of: The Haircut, Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1542305015619886.
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