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Pastoral care of the adult cardiac pre-operative patient: a case study

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Hughes, Alan. Pastoral Care of the Adult Cardiac Pre-operative Patient: a Case Study. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b05efc2a-1e54-4f18-a90d-710645d5e577.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

H. Alan. Pastoral care of the adult cardiac pre-operative patient: a case study. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b05efc2a-1e54-4f18-a90d-710645d5e577

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Hughes, Alan. Pastoral Care of the Adult Cardiac Pre-Operative Patient: a Case Study. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b05efc2a-1e54-4f18-a90d-710645d5e577.

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  • The aim of this project is to explore how pastoral care may help adult pre-operative patients constructively work through anxiety. A case study covering a period of eight months provides the data for the exploration. The time span was January through August 1978. Within that time the patient, who is also a parishioner of mine, refused to undergo cardiac catheterization on one occasion and three times refused to undergo open-heart surgery which involved a mitral valve implant and three bypass grafts. As we shall see, the patient exhibited a high degree of anxiety and employed various tactics in his efforts to cope with his anxiety. We shall also be privy to the pressures to which he was subjected and the pressures which he exerted upon his family, the medical staff, and his friends, including me. A somewhat unique dimension of the project is based in part on the fact that, at the patient’s request and with the permission of the chief surgeon, I was present during the surgical procedure. If pastoral care is to have any significance for the parishioner, then surely the pastor must use every authentic means available to support and sustain the parishioner.
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  • 12/18/2025

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