December, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Special Issue “International Conference of Spirituality in Healthcare: Sowing the Seeds”

December 5, 2017 spiritual assessment

This is an editorial of a Special Issue concerning the International Conference of Spirituality in Healthcare held in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of [...]
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Scope of Practice

December 5, 2017 Professionalization

This document seeks to articulate the scope of practice that chaplains need to effectively and reliably produce quality spiritual care. It follows on the work of an international, [...]
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The Role of Social Workers in Spiritual Care to Facilitate Coping with Chronic Illness and Self-Determination in Advance Care Planning

December 5, 2017 coping, social work

Spiritual values and beliefs of patients and families influence resilience during chronic illness and shape patient choices during advance care planning. The spiritual needs of Baby Boomers will [...]
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There be dragons: effects of unexplored religion on nurses’ competence in spiritual care

December 5, 2017 nursing

On ancient maps unexplored lands were simply labeled ‘there be dragons’ indicating the fear that attends the unknown. Despite three decades of theoretical and empirical work on [...]
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Phenotypic Dimensions of Spirituality: Implications for Mental Health in China, India, and the United States

December 5, 2017 Uncategorized

While the field of empirical study on religion and spirituality in relation to mental health has rapidly expanded over the past decade, little is known about underlying dimensions of spirituality [...]
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Monthly Archive for: "December, 2017"

Special Issue “International Conference of Spirituality in Healthcare: Sowing the Seeds”

Scope of Practice

The Role of Social Workers in Spiritual Care to Facilitate Coping with Chronic Illness and Self-Determination in Advance Care Planning

There be dragons: effects of unexplored religion on nurses’ competence in spiritual care

Phenotypic Dimensions of Spirituality: Implications for Mental Health in China, India, and the United States