Pastoral care emergencies /
David K. Switzer.
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Pres, c2000.
- ix, 191 p. ; 21 cm.
- Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling Series .
Includes bibliographical references.
What is a pastoral care emergency? -- What does it mean to say that we care? -- The carer and the caring: who are we and how do we go about it? -- Responding to person's needs in situational crises -- Visiting the physically ill -- Hospital emergencies -- Ministry to the dying -- Pastoral response to bereavement -- Responding to suicidal persons and their families -- Marriage and family life: family systems, counseling, divorce -- Marriage and family emergencies: family violence, psychiatric emergencies -- When and how to refer --