After a traumatic event like a stroke, people need to find meaning and control again. This study enhances knowledge on one of the driving principles behind meaning-making processes: global [...]
Relationships between the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality and health outcomes for a heterogenous rehabilitation population
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PURPOSE: To determine relationships between the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS; i.e., positive/negative spirituality, forgiveness, religious practices, [...]
[Abstract and link are from Calder A, Badcoe A, Harms L (2011). “Broken bodies, healing spirits: road trauma survivors’ perceptions of pastoral care during inpatient orthopaedic [...]
How do hospital chaplains and managers of hospital spiritual care departments decide which patients should receive a visit from a chaplain? In some hospitals the answer is simple, there are [...]
Do you want some spiritual support? Different rates of positive response to chaplains’ versus nurses’ offer (2013)
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Access to spiritual support appears to be important in the hospital setting. The offer of spiritual support can be done by different providers such as doctors, nurses or chaplains. Who should [...]
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of religious coping among persons with persistent mental illness and to gain a preliminary understanding of the relationship [...]
This study examined racial/ethnic differences in spiritual well-being (SWB) among survivors of cancer. We hypothesized higher levels of Peace and Faith, but not Meaning, among Black and Hispanic [...]
Background—For patients confronting a life-threatening illness such as advanced cancer, religious coping can be an important factor influencing their quality of life (QOL). Objective—The [...]
Transforming Chaplaincy welcomes guest commentator Dr. J. Irene Harris, who is a psychologist in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Dr. Harris is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of [...]
Although the simulated patient learning format has become commonplace in the rest of medical education, it has been nearly absent from the learning formats employed for training health care [...]