陳榮基部落格 RONG-CHI CHEN BLOG學醫與學佛: The Development of Indigenous Hospice Care and Clinical Buddhism in Taiwan

Jonathan Watts & Rev. Yoshiharu Tomatsu

The Development of Indigenous Hospice Care and Clinical Buddhism in Taiwan

Published in Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved. Edited by Jonathan S. Watts and Yoshiharu Tomatsu (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2012) in collaboration with the Jodo Shu Research Institute (JSRI)

“The National Taiwan University Hospice (NTUH) and Palliative Care Unit was the first public unit established in Taiwan in 1995, after private hospices had been established at the Christian Mackay Memorial Hospital in Tamsui in 1990 and the Catholic Cardinal Tien's Hospital in Hsindian in 1994. At this time, Prof. Rong-chi Chen was the Vice Superintendent of NTU hospital and had become aware of the need for Buddhist monastics to be involved in patient care. He explains, “Although spirituality doesn’t necessarily pertain to religion, if religious representatives can become fully involved, the spiritual care that they could provide would be much more effective.”1 Prof. Chen also notes that Christian denominations have had specific training for chaplains to serve in hospitals and other places yet Buddhist groups have not. As 70-80% of Taiwanese are Buddhist, he and his colleagues thought it would be good to identify some enthusiastic monks and nuns to begin such training. The major obstacle they discovered, however, was that Buddhist monastics were not used to working in such intensive medical environments. Eventually, everyone in this first training group of candidates dropped out. From this experience, Prof. Chen and his colleagues realized they needed a systematic form of chaplain training.”

[Full Article]

http://jneb.jp/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Indigenous-Hospice-Care-and-Clinical-Buddhism-in-Taiwan.pdf

[More readings:]

Huimin Bhikshu (釋惠敏)：The role of mindfulness in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan. Taiwan J Hospice Pall Care 17(2):200-206, 2012.

Chen Ching-Yu(陳慶餘): Clinical Buddhist chaplain based spiritual care in Taiwan. Taiwan J Hospice Pall Care. 17(3): 300-309, 2012.

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http://profrcchenmd.blogspot.tw/2008/07/8387888994-94-95-7329-1.html#links

Chen RC: A Personal Journey in Taiwan’s Hospice Palliative Care Movement

Chen RC. Promotion of advance care planning in Taiwan.

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