Paediatric chaplaincy : principles, practices and skills / edited by Paul Nash, Sally Nash, Mark Bartel.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction: more than just death and dying / Paul Nash and Mark Bartel -- Principles and core practices; Child spirituality and faith development / Rebecca Nye -- Insights from child development for pediatric chaplains / Dan Roberts -- Spiritual, religious and pastoral care of children and their families / Claire Carson -- Models of chaplaincy in a multicultural world / Paul Nash -- Screening, assessment and charting / Mary Robinson -- Approaches and skills for working with children and young people / Ryan Campbell and Sally Nash -- Working with families / Krista Gregory -- Staff care and self-care / Kathryn Darby and Carl Aiken -- Chaplain to the Institution / Jim Linthicum -- Managing and developing the chaplaincy provision and team / Paul Nash -- Medical ethics - practice and decision-making / Mark Bartel -- Specialisms and Specific Skills -- Giving voice to the story - working with patients who cannot speak / Daniel Nuzum -- Working in mental health / Kathryn Darby -- Working with trauma and abuse / Bob Flory -- Major incidents / Naomi Kalish -- Palliative and end-of-life care / M. Karen Ballard -- Bereavement care / Edina Farkas and Stephen Harrison -- Transition: Journeying with pediatric patients into adult care - the chaplain's role / Kobena Charm -- Paediatric spirituality, space and environment / Wyatt Butcher and Lindsay B. Carey -- Paediatric chaplaincy and research / Daniel H. Grossoehme and Lindsay B. Carey -- Through these dark valleys -- a pediatric chaplain's response to the problem of god and evil / Kathleen Ennis-Durstine -- Perspectives on suffering from major faith and worldview traditions / Emma Roberts {u2013} Conclusion -- Appendix 1: being a paediatric specialist in a general hospital / Deborah Louise Wilde -- Appendix 2: useful websites for paediatric chaplains.

Paediatric chaplaincy requires a range of approaches, both in terms of administering spiritual care in a multifaith setting and the complexities of working with children who have a serious illness or disability. This is a research-based best practice guide, covering core principles and skills and as well as specialist care situations.