INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

The Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy seeks a variety of papers:

• General interest papers should normally be 1200-1500 words (excl. references)
• More detailed papers including research or literature reviews should be 2,500 - 3,000 words (excl. references)
• Letters to the Editor up to 500 words. Letter should be addressed to the Editor
• Book reviews 250-400 words.
• Poetry etc.

All submissions should be original, and should not have been published elsewhere.
All submissions may be subject to editorial revision.

Presentation of papers

All submissions should include

• A covering letter with address, telephone, and e-mail numbers. Including confirmation that the piece is your own work, and in the case of joint submissions, the final manuscript has been approved by all authors.
• A first page containing the title of the paper and the first name(s) and surname of all authors.
• A second page containing an abstract of no more than 150 words, and up to six key words.
• References should be Harvard system. e.g.
  STOTER D. 1995 Spiritual Aspects of Healthcare Mosby, London
  MITCHELL D., HIBBERT C. 20045 A Comparative Assesment of Hospice Chaplaincy Services Scottish Hournal of Healthcare Chaplaincy 7 (1) 6-11

All papers should be typed/word processed, double spaced, with at least 2.5cm margins. Please do not use footnotes or endnotes.
The author(s) transfer(s) the copyright of the article to The Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplains, on acceptance for publication.

Review of papers

Papers are examined by the Editors and may be reviewed by the Editorial Board or Consulting Editors

Submission of papers

Papers should be submitted by e-mail or on disk in Word Format.

Rev Dr Iain Macritchie
Senior Chaplains NHS Highland
Raigmore Hospital
Perth Road
INVERNESS
IV2 3UJ
Tel: +44 (0) 1463 704464
Fax: +44 (0) 1463 711322

E-mail journal@sach.org.uk

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