Chaplaincy for Professionals
Whereas the medical professional seeks to cure and to alleviate pain, the chaplain/pastoral carer seeks to bring peace, acceptance, truth and realistic hope, allowing the innermost part of the patient to attain a balance with the external manifestations of illness. In other words, if the inner spiritual harmony and balance is in place, what life then offers in the form of treatments through doctors, nurses and other health professionals can be accepted and integrated peacefully. This in turn may well be greatly conducive to better and more immediate healing, or alternatively, a more peaceful process of life's ending.
