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The relevance of Michael Wilson's chaplaincy research for healthcare chaplaincy today

In this article I intend to establish the relevance of Michael Wilson's chaplaincy research. I will describe the background to the study, outline the key features of the work and then summarise these key areas for further reflection and research. Michael Wilson's The HospitalA Place of Truth, published in 1971 remains today a remarkably comprehensive exploration of the role of the health care chaplain, and has become a standard work on chaplaincy with a wide circulation and influence. The origins of this work are of interest. In 1966, The Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre contacted the University of Birmingham Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture for advice on specifications for a hospital chapel. The then Professor of Theology, Gordon Davies, suggested that it would be more fruitful to explore the role of the chaplain, and a working party was established. In October 1967, Wilson joined it as a Research Fellow with funding from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. He undertook the major study with the cooperation of the Department of Social Medicine in the University of Birmingham.