Category Archive for: "health care"

A Phenomenological Analysis of the Spiritual Support Services in State Hospitals: The Case of Turkey

June 14, 2019 health care

The purpose of this research is to examine the core and nature of spiritual support services experienced by Turkey’s pioneer spiritual support specialists (SSSs). A phenomenological [...]
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Research Priorities for Health Care Chaplaincy in The Netherlands: A Delphi Study Among Dutch Chaplains

April 15, 2019 health care

The aim of this study was to identify research priorities for health care chaplaincy in The Netherlands according to practicing chaplains and chaplaincy leaders. To this end, a two-round Delphi [...]
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Measures of central tendency in chaplaincy, health care, and related research

September 29, 2018 health care, research

The three measures of central tendency are discussed in this article: the mode, the median, and the mean. These measures of central tendency describe data in different and important ways, in [...]
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Measures of Variability in Chaplaincy, Health Care, and Related Research

September 29, 2018 health care, research

This article discusses statistical measures of variability in relation to measures of central tendency and levels of measurement. Three measures of variability used in healthcare research (the [...]
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Health care professionals’ responses to religious or spiritual statements by surrogate decision makers during goals-of-care discussions

September 24, 2018 health care

Importance: Although many patients and their families view religion or spirituality as an important consideration near the end of life, little is known about the extent to which religious or [...]
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