Developing a Pastoral Care Manual to Raise Awareness of Multicultural Death and Dying Rituals at Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Ytu Thi Tran

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Developing a Pastoral Care Manual to Raise Awareness of Multicultural Death and Dying Rituals at Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia

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Ytu Thi Tran. Developing a Pastoral Care Manual to Raise Awareness of Multicultural Death and Dying Rituals At Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a8ed6ee5-6140-4591-9164-7b965901c55d.

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Y. T. Tran. Developing a Pastoral Care Manual to Raise Awareness of Multicultural Death and Dying Rituals at Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a8ed6ee5-6140-4591-9164-7b965901c55d

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Ytu Thi Tran. Developing a Pastoral Care Manual to Raise Awareness of Multicultural Death and Dying Rituals At Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a8ed6ee5-6140-4591-9164-7b965901c55d.

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The purpose of this Doctor of Ministry project was to research the field of pastoral care related to multicultural death and dying rituals in order to identify best practices and develop a manual for the chaplaincy department at Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), Lawrenceville, Georgia. Among the pastoral care services offered at GMC, an examination of many hospital manuals showed a lack of information and resources on death and dying rituals and faith practices, especially for those with focus on the four leading religions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. A manual that centered on these four religious groups, along with providing information on religious death and dying rituals, would not only be helpful for new intern Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) chaplains and staff chaplains, but would also benefit the interdisciplinary medical staff in helping them treat patients and families with respect and dignity.In order to complete this project, the project director examined research in the field of pastoral care on the beliefs and rituals of four leading religions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. She also investigated significant time studying how to design and write a manual. The result was a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, manual about these four religions that focused on their history, beliefs, teachings, practices, and death and dying rituals. Furthermore, the project director personally interviewed a spiritual leader representing each of the four major religions presented in this document for their review and evaluation of the accuracy of its contents.

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