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Computers and chaplains: using the technology revolution.

M D Allen
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Describes how microcomputers may be used by departments of pastoral care for management analysis and for time usage studies. Claims that such analyses help to document the activities of chaplains and provide an accountability means and a way of demonstrating the contention that pastoral care is an integral part of complex health care institutions.

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Chaplaincy Service, HospitalComputersHospital DepartmentsHumansMicrocomputersTime and Motion StudiesUnited StatesJournal Article

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M D Allen. 1984. Computers and chaplains: using the technology revolution.. https://doi.org/10.1177/002234098403800303

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