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Peer reviewedDomino, George; Swain, Barbara J. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1986
Explored the relationship between knowledge about suicide lethality and attitudes toward suicide among mental health professionals. Results indicated significant group differences, with psychiatrists, psychologists, and crisis interventionists showing a significantly greater degree of knowledge; clergy scored lowest of all groups. Knowledge was…
Descriptors: Clergy, Counselor Attitudes, Counselors, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedConway, Shoshanna E. Williams; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1991
Compared 92 widows and 400 professionals (clergy, counselors, physicians, funeral directors) regarding perceptions of conjugal bereavement. Professionals saw bereavement as having more negative impact and requiring use of coping skills to greater extent than did widows. Help-seeking behaviors, age at bereavement, and length of bereavement…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Clergy, Counselors, Death
Peer reviewedSklar, Fred; Huneke, Kathleen D. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
Surveyed 72 ministers in the Northern California Conference of the United Church of Christ. Results documented absence of church-sponsored bereavement support groups. Suggests that this absence results from ministers' disinclination, an attitude that appears to arise from bereavement training. Discusses future of church-sponsored bereavement…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Church Programs, Church Role, Clergy
Peer reviewedNagi, Mostafa H.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1977
Even though Catholic and Protestant clergymen, in about the same proportions, tend to see the terminal patient as competent to make decisions concerning euthanasia, the two groups, strongly agree that neither the individual patient nor the state should be allowed sole responsibility for the decision. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Clergy, Death, Ethics
Peer reviewedKalish, Richard A. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1980
The power relationship between physician and death counselor is well established The power relationship between the clergy and the death educator is more egalitarian. Death educators and counselors need to be aware of their role relationships with other relevant professionals. (Author)
Descriptors: Clergy, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Counselors
Peer reviewedRodabough, Tillman – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1981
Observed 100 funerals in a southern state and described the roles enacted by ministers, family members, and friends. Discusses variations by church size, the overlap of role styles, and the process by which socialization into the various roles occurs. Examines the complementary interaction between roles. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Church Role, Clergy, Cohort Analysis, Death
Peer reviewedDavis, Gary; Jessen, Arne – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1980
Discusses assigning medical students to on-call clergy. The on-call clergy help cope with crises that arise in the hospital. The students gain clinical experience through the tutelage of the clergy. (Author)
Descriptors: Clergy, Clinical Experience, Counselor Role, Curriculum Enrichment
