October, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

The Differential Effects of Chaplain Intervention on Patient Satisfaction

October 3, 2017 measurement

There is an acute need to define the specific skills that make chaplains integral to the healthcare team. This prospective study attempts to identify those skills that may be specific to [...]
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Efficacy of Training Interprofessional Spiritual Care Generalists

October 3, 2017 Professionalization, spiritual care

BACKGROUND: Provision of spiritual/religious (S/R) care has been associated with improvements in patient care, patient-provider relationships, and resource utilization. Clinicians identify a lack [...]
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Advancing our understanding of religion and spirituality in the context of behavioral medicine

October 3, 2017 behavior, spiritual care

Abstract: Recognizing and understanding the potentially powerful roles that religiousness and spirituality (RS) may serve in the prevention and amelioration of disease, as well as symptom [...]
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Message in a bottle: a comparative study of spiritual needs of children and young people in and out of hospital

October 3, 2017 pediatrics, spiritual care

Using the metaphor of a message in a bottle as a framework and sending an S.O.S. to adults, the question of what are the three biggest needs of children and young people was asked. Data [...]
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Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Public Health Care: A Manifesto for Health Care Chaplains in Canada

October 3, 2017 Professionalization

Abstract: Health care chaplaincy positions in Canada are significantly threatened due to widespread health care cutbacks. Yet the current time also presents a significant opportunity for [...]
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