Caring for people living and dying with AIDS

Proposes that the religious congregation ought to be the locus of pastoral ministry to AIDS clients and patients. Outlines the structure of interfaith AIDS care teams and how they can provide social, emotional, physical, and spiritual support to persons living and dying with AIDS. Sketches ways in which clinical pastoral educators can use their knowledge and skills in working with the many issues generated by the problems of AIDS, and suggests the need for additional and imaginative approaches in order to meet the challenges of this new and difficult pandemic.