OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between negativereligious coping (NRC) and suicidal ideation in patients with advanced cancer, controlling for demographic and [...]
What do chaplains contribute to large academic hospitals? The perspectives of pediatric physicians and chaplains
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This article analyzes interviews with pediatric physicians (N = 30) and chaplains (N = 22) who work at the same large academic medical centers (N = 13). We ask how pediatric physicians understand [...]
OBJECTIVE: Our objective with this study was to identify the nature and the role of spiritualityfrom the parents’ perspective at the end of life in the PICU and to discern clinical [...]
Training hospital staff on spiritual care in palliative care influences patient-reported outcomes: results of a quasi-experimental study
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BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is reported to be important to palliative patients. There is an increasing need for education in spiritual care. AIM: To measure the effects of a [...]
Training the Workforce: Description of a Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Education and Mentoring Program in Palliative Care
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CONTEXT: The rapid increase in demand for palliative care (PC) services has led to concerns regarding workforce shortages and threats to the resiliency of PC teams. OBJECTIVES: To describe the [...]
Recognizing and addressing spiritual needs has long been identified as a key component of palliative care (PC). More often than not, the provision of spiritual care involves referral to a [...]
Evaluation of a chaplain residency program and its partnership with an in-patient palliative care team
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In 2009 a Consensus Conference of experts in the field of spiritual care and palliative care recommended the inclusion of Board-certified professional chaplains with at least 1,600 hours of [...]
Practical matters and ultimate concerns, ‘doing,’ and ‘being’: a diary study of the chaplain’s role in the care of the seriously ill in an urban acute care hospital
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Systematic observational studies of the chaplain’s role and function in the secular health-care setting are few. With an episode-based diary recorded on handheld digital tablets, palliative [...]
The role of religious beliefs in ethics committee consultations for conflict over life-sustaining treatment
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Previous research has suggested that individuals who identify as being more religious request more aggressive medical treatment at end of life. These requests may generate disagreement over [...]
Operationalizing the measuring what matters spirituality quality metric in a population of hospitalized, critically ill patients and their family members
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CONTEXT: Measuring What Matters (MWM) quality indicators support measurement of the percentage of patients who have spiritual discussions, if desired. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was [...]