Category Archive for: "palliative care"

Introduction to a New Special Series for the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management—Science in Action: Evidence and Opportunities for Palliative Care Across Diverse Populations and Care Settings

June 17, 2019 palliative care

Practices to optimize palliative care delivery and new opportunities in which to integrate palliative care vary across populations and care settings. Systematic reviews are an efficient and [...]
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Spiritual Care in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review of the Recent European Literature

June 17, 2019 palliative care

Many studies on spiritual care in palliative care are performed in the US, leaving other continents unexplored. The objective of this systematic review is to map the recent studies on spiritual [...]
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Huge investment in spiritual care in the Netherlands

April 18, 2019 News, palliative care

Transforming Chaplaincy welcomes this report from Marije Vermaas and Joep van der Geer of Agora: The Dutch government has decided to make major investments in spiritual care in palliative home [...]
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“Song of Life (SOL)” study protocol: a multicenter, randomized trial on the emotional, spiritual, and psychobiological effects of music therapy in palliative care

April 15, 2019 palliative care

BACKGROUND: Although patients in palliative care commonly report high emotional and spiritual needs, effective psychosocial treatments based on high quality studies are rare. First research [...]
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Minnesota TC Fellow contributing in multiple ways

April 4, 2019 hospice, News, palliative care

Transforming Chaplaincy Fellow Paul Galchutt has been very active in Minnesota spiritual care: Paul will be a co-presenter at the Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Care Conference on Monday, April [...]
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