October, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Preparing for the end of life: preferences of patients, families, physicians, and other care providers

October 13, 2017 palliative care

To examine patients’, families’, and health care providers’ preferences regarding preparation for the end of life, attributes of preparation were generated in qualitative focus [...]
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Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life

October 13, 2017 palliative care

PURPOSE: We conducted this study to pilot a new multidimensional instrument to assess the quality of life at the end of life. METHODS: Items were derived from focus groups and a national survey [...]
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Chaplains Working in Palliative Care: Who They Are and What They Do

October 13, 2017 palliative care

BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) programs utilize chaplains to address patients’ spiritual care needs; however, there is no comprehensive description of chaplaincy in PC programs [...]
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Spiritual Care at the End of Life in Long-Term Care

October 13, 2017 palliative care

BACKGROUND: There is growing attention given to the spiritual needs of dying patients and long-term care (LTC) facilities are common settings in which patients receive care as they approach [...]
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The Impact of Daily Visits from Chaplains on Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Pilot Study

October 13, 2017 cardiovascular

This study presents empirical data obtained from COPD patients showing the relationship between daily visits from the chaplain and several measured variables: anxiety level at time of discharge, [...]
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