The need of muslim chaplain in hospital-based services in Malaysia: a scoping review of literature
Introduction: The roles of Muslim chaplain within the boundary of healthcare services in Malaysia should be brought into highlight as they can facilitate the provision of spiritual services for clients with various spiritual and cultural needs. Nonetheless, less attention has been paid to the coll...
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| Language: | English |
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IIUM Press
2021
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
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| Summary: | Introduction: The roles of Muslim chaplain within the boundary of healthcare services in Malaysia should
be brought into highlight as they can facilitate the provision of spiritual services for clients with various
spiritual and cultural needs. Nonetheless, less attention has been paid to the collaboration between the
Muslim chaplain and the healthcare professionals in the Malaysian healthcare settings. This paper provides
a scoping review on the articles that can provide insight on the need for Muslim chaplain in the hospitalbased services for Malaysia setting based on the expertise the chaplain can provide. Methods: A literature
search was done with the keywords including chaplain* OR clergy* AND Muslim* AND hospital* via
databases such as Web of Science, SCOPUS, MEDLINE (Proquest), CINAHL and Google scholar, A total of
15 articles has been reviewed and were included in this article to address the aim of this paper and they
were limited to English and published within 2011 till 2021. Discussion: This review paper highlighted a
discussion on the emerging need of Muslim chaplaincy in the 21st century, and their scope of practice in
Hospital-based services as seen in the literature. This is followed by the issues on spiritual struggles among
those admitted to hospitals. Conclusion: This paper thus provides recommendations for recruitment of
Muslim chaplains, the need for training and future empirical work on the benefits of spiritual services
provided by chaplaincy services for the sick.
Keywords: Muslim Chaplain, Hospital-Based Services, Malaysia |
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