Everyone is a unique island (or Does Stig really have to slaughter a pig?)

Jo and Stig discuss the case study of Lina, a critically ill patient visiting the UK from a remote island. They ponder the challenges and questions that might arise for chaplains in meeting her requests at end-of-life. This prompts reflections on where our personal and professional boundaries might lie on how a team approach can support best practice, but how a diversity of experience and opinion on that team can help to find solutions. The case study reflects how intense and heavy the role of chaplain can feel; how we should strive to be flexible and open-minded; how unpredictably each day can play out. You are invited to use the case study yourselves (see the resource area on our Opening Up Chaplaincy website) as a vehicle to explore some of the rubs in Chaplaincy and find out where your team sits with this example.