Healthcare Chaplaincy: An Unfolding Narrative

Margaret Naughton PhD is a Healthcare Chaplain at University Hospital Kerry and has worked as a chaplain for eleven years. She has a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies from Mary Immaculate College Limerick. She is also associate CPE Supervisor, a role which she hopes to integrate into her present work as a chaplain. She has Bachelors¿ Degrees in English, History and Theology and two Masters Degrees ¿ one in English the other in History. She has published extensively in the areas of grief, loss, illness, compassionate care and reflective practice. She reads widely, loves travelling and has a curious mind.

Contents: From «Cinderella Ministry» to Professional Paradigms - Healthcare Chaplaincy - Humble Beginnings - Theological Reflection - Opening the Heart to the Possibility of Discernment - Research Findings: The Ministry of Healthcare Chaplaincy in the Twenty- First Century - First Person Narrative - Healthcare Chaplaincy in Contemporary Ireland - Culture and Context - Theological Tradition - Finding Meaning in the Face of Human Suffering - Constructing a Christian Theology of Suffering - Fruits of the Dialogue - Experience, Culture and Tradition - The Critical Conversation - Fruits of the Dialogue - Experience, Culture and Tradition - the Critical Conversation Continues - Pastoral Response - Insight and Transformation.