John Carr honored by JPCP
Rev. Dr. John Carr has been honored with a special issue of the Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, published as a festschrift of his work. JPCP has graciously opened access to the issue [...]
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How Community Clergy Provide Spiritual Care: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Clergy End-of-Life Education
Context: Community-based clergy are highly engaged in helping terminally ill patients address spiritual concerns at the end of life (EOL). Despite playing a central role in EOL care, clergy [...]
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Spiritual and Religious Coping of Medical Decision Makers for Hospitalized Older Adult Patients
Background: Critically ill adult patients who face medical decisions often delegate others to make important decisions. Those who are authorized to make such decisions are typically family [...]
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Religious and Spiritual Coping and Risk of Incident Hypertension in the Black Women’s Health Study
BACKGROUND: The few studies of the relationship between religion and/or spirituality (R/S) and hypertension are conflicting. We hypothesized that R/S may reduce the risk of hypertension by [...]
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Development and Pilot Testing of a Simulation to Study How Physicians Facilitate Surrogate Decision-Making Based on Critically Ill Patients’ Values and Preferences
Context: There are no evidence-based programs to train physicians to facilitate shared decision-making based on incapacitated intensive care unit (ICU) patients’ values and preferences. [...]
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