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1Research Unit of Pastoral and Empirical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:
"Pastoral caregiver-patient relationships" sections in ethical codes commonly provide a list of principles, proscriptions and prescriptions, with a focus on boundaries to safeguard the professional character of pastoral relationships and avert their harmful potential. The article promotes this code section's coherency and comprehensiveness by respectively (i) drawing a framework in the context of which ethical guidance can be orderly presented, and (ii) focusing on the inter-personal core of pastoral relationships and their healing potential.
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