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Alexandre Anefalos1, Wilkens Aurélio Buarque E Silva2, Renan Mercuri Pinto3
1Center for Digestive Physiology of Piracicaba, Functional Diseases and Manometry of the Digestive System, Albert Einstein Research and Teaching Institute, Spiritist Medical Association of Piracicaba, Rua Bernardino de Campos, 1708, Bairro Alto, CEP 13.419-100, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. alex.anefal@terra.com.br.
Abstract:
The Hospital Chaplaincy service is made of religious volunteer work done by representatives of various religions properly trained to offer spiritual support to hospitalized patients, as well as their families, contributing as a source of protection, comfort and restoring faith in the face of illness. The objective of this study is to present a retrospective analysis of records made by chaplains, guided by the Spiritist Medical Association of Piracicaba, through 7419 calls to 2191 patients admitted at Unimed Hospital of Piracicaba in 2014. The results contributed to the production of scientific documentation about this new holistic model that still lies in acceptance phase in the country.
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