The lived experience of losing a child in the context of chaplaincy

Carol Campbell comes to this study from a background of nursing, counselling and ministerial training. She is currently working as a full time Chaplain to the RHSC and the QMH.  Her topic of research has arisen over many years of working with deep suffering and grief, but more specifically now as she seeks to care for families and children in the face of suffering and death. What are the issues surrounding the Why me question, and how does a chaplain support a family through suffering and death…and beyond?

Carol’s study will involve interviewing a number of families. Each one will show the personal journey of suffering and will be used as a window of insight to highlight some of the tensions surrounding theodicy. However, they will also be used to help define new insights into how best pastoral care can be given in the midst of the tensions.

Contact: Carol.Campbell2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk