Category Archive for: "palliative care"

Chaplains Working in Palliative Care: Who They Are and What They Do

October 13, 2017 palliative care

BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) programs utilize chaplains to address patients’ spiritual care needs; however, there is no comprehensive description of chaplaincy in PC programs [...]
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Spiritual Care at the End of Life in Long-Term Care

October 13, 2017 palliative care

BACKGROUND: There is growing attention given to the spiritual needs of dying patients and long-term care (LTC) facilities are common settings in which patients receive care as they approach [...]
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A national study of chaplaincy services and end-of-life outcomes

October 5, 2017 end of life, palliative care

Background: Medicine has long acknowledged the role of chaplains in healthcare, but there is little research on the relationship between chaplaincy care and health outcomes. The present study [...]
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Support of Cancer Patients’ Spiritual Needs and Associations with Medical Care Costs at the End of Life

October 5, 2017 cancer, end of life, oncology, palliative care

BACKGROUND: Although spiritual care is associated with less aggressive medical care at the end of life (EOL), it remains infrequent. It is unclear if the omission of spiritual care impacts EOL [...]
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The frequency and correlates of spiritual distress among patients with advanced cancer admitted to an acute palliative care unit

October 5, 2017 cancer, palliative care

Abstract: Limited research is available on the frequency of spiritual distress and its relationship with physical and emotional distress. We reviewed patients admitted to our acute palliative [...]
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