How do pastoral and bereavement services help families and patients?
Pastoral care is provided by a person with specialized training in providing spiritual care by either counseling them, praying with them or contacting their personal spiritual advisor. The pastoral care person occasionally performs service for the person after death. Bereavement counselor assists the family and occasionally the patient to deal with the impending death of person or after death.
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