Transcultural hospital pastoral care

Transcultural hospital pastoral care's subjects, the immigrant and the refugee, are described. Differences and similarities are noted. Three difficulties—culture shock, prejudice, and ethnocentrism—are followed by principles of transcultural hospital pastoral care, the significance of hospitalization, and a case history.The Rev. David G. Hawkins, B.A., S.T.M., D. Rel., R.S.W., St. George's Anglican Church in Vancouver, is a chaplain at Vancouver General Hospital.