Pastoral accompaniment of the cancer patient
Cancer confronts a person with his or her mortality. On the inner journey of coming to terms with this, the pastor accompanies the patient in a way analogous to the way in which a musical accompanist supports a soloist, providing attentive relationship and supportive context. Patients in these circu...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and health |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1984]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and health
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| Further subjects: | B
Supportive Context
B Pastoral Accompaniment B Cancer Patient |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Cancer confronts a person with his or her mortality. On the inner journey of coming to terms with this, the pastor accompanies the patient in a way analogous to the way in which a musical accompanist supports a soloist, providing attentive relationship and supportive context. Patients in these circumstances raise and explore themes of betrayal-faithfulness, control-surrender, despair-hope, and separation-reconciliation. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00996156 |