The healthcare sector is changing. In addition to globalisation and digitalisation, the emergence of interprofessional spiritual care is also changing everyday hospital life. What role can Christian healthcare chaplaincy play here? If patients are to receive comprehensive and empathetic care, the focus should not only be on symptoms and diagnoses. It is just as important to understand what an illness means for the person in the hospital bed and how the new situation can be dealt with. The book is a plea for Christian healthcare chaplaincy to be profiled as specialised spiritual care and to be understood anew within the horizon of the Christian healing mission. Only in close cooperation with healthcare professionals can it continue to fulfil its mission and promote just and humane healthcare.weiterlesen