Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : more than just death and dying / Paul Nash, Mark Bartel -- Child spirituality and faith development / Rebecca Nye -- Insights from child development for pediatric chaplains / Dan Robert -- Spiritual, religious and pastoral care of children and their families / Claire Canon -- Models of chaplaincy in a multicultural world / Paul Nash -- Screening, assessment and charting / Mary Robinson -- Approaches and skills for working with children and young people / Ryan Campbell, Sally Nash -- Working with families / Krista Gregory -- Staff care and self-care / Kathryn Darby -- Chaplain to the institution / Jim Linthicum -- Managing and developing the chaplaincy provision and team / Paul Nash -- Medical ethics : practice and decision-making / Mark Bartel -- Giving voice to the story : working with patients who cannot speak / Daniel Nuzum -- Working in mental health / Kathryn Darly -- Working with trauma and abuse / Bob Flory -- Major incidents / Naomi Kalish -- Palliative and end-of-life care / M. Karen Ballard -- Bereavement care / Edina Farkas -- Transition : journeying with pediatric patients into adult care : the chaplain's role / Kobena Charm -- Paediatric spirituality, space and environment / Wyatt Butcher -- Paediatric chaplaincy and research / Daniel H. Grossoehme -- Through these dark valleys : a pediatric chaplain's response to the problem of God and evil / Kathleen Ennis-Durstine -- Perspectives on suffering from major faith and worldview traditions / Emma Roberts -- Appendix 1 : Being a paediatric specialist in a general hospital / Deborah Louise Wilde..