Background: Dignity Therapy (DT), an intervention for people facing serious illness, focuses on dignity conservation tasks such as settling relationships, sharing words of love, and preparing a [...]
Organizers: Laura E. Hirshfield, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Tania M. Jenkins, Temple University, Department of Sociology Kelly Underman, Drexel University, Department [...]
This article presents the results of a 30-month process improvement initiative examining the spiritual assessment documentation patterns of staff chaplains as well as CPE residents and interns at [...]
Importance: Although many patients and their families view religion or spirituality as an important consideration near the end of life, little is known about the extent to which religious or [...]
The guidelines replace those published in 2003 and provide a comprehensive description of good practice in chaplaincy care for the NHS in England. The document responds to changes in the NHS, [...]
Background: Chaplaincy is a relatively new discipline in medicine that provides for care of the human spirit in healthcare contexts for people of all worldviews. Studies indicate wide [...]
Teaching in the field of pain medicine seems to be dominated by emphasis on pain as a symptom. This is a natural response to the scientism that dominates our medical training, thinking and [...]
In this study we examined relations of positive and negative religious coping with risk for suicidal behavior in a sample of Iraq and/or Afghanistan Veterans. Participants completed self-report [...]
The current investigation examines the communicative hallmarks of successful chaplaincy work as articulated by professional chaplains providing spiritual care at the end-of-life. Data grounded in [...]
Background: Dying in the complex, efficiency-driven environment of the intensive care unit can be dehumanizing for the patient and have profound, long-lasting consequences for all persons [...]