Expressions of Prayer in Residential Care Homes.
Although the value of spiritual care in the care of older adults is supported by research, few studies have focused specifically on prayer in residential care settings. This ethnographic study with fifteen chaplains and administrators in eleven residential care homes involved analyses of walking int...
| Published in: | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 67 - 86 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr-Jun2018
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