Category Archive for: "outpatient"

Using patient-reported religious/spiritual concerns to identify patients who accept chaplain interventions in an outpatient oncology setting

October 9, 2018 cancer, outpatient

PURPOSE: The goals of this study were to (1) describe the prevalence and correlates of patient-reported religious/spiritual (R/S) needs in outpatient oncology patients and (2) estimate the [...]
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What Can Chaplains Do in Outpatient Palliative Care?

February 2, 2018 outpatient, palliative care

There is strong consensus that spirituality is an important aspect of care for patients and family caregivers facing serious illness or end of life.[1] Yet, even the most supported palliative [...]
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‘Chaplains for Well-Being’ in Primary Care: Analysis of the Results of a Retrospective Study

October 25, 2017 outpatient

AIM: To analyse quantitative changes in patient well-being concurrent with chaplaincy interventions in a retrospective study of a group of Primary Care centres in Sandwell and West Birmingham, [...]
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Increasing the Number of Outpatients Receiving Spiritual Assessment: A Pain and Palliative Care Service Quality Improvement Project

October 13, 2017 outpatient

BACKGROUND: Spirituality is a patient need that requires special attention from the Pain and Palliative Care Service team. This qualityimprovement project aimed to [...]
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