“Re-Thinking Chaplaincy Education” was the title September 27th Symposium convened to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the CPE program at Rush University Medical Center. The Symposium featured [...]
At present, the field of chaplaincy does not have a standardized vocabulary for the activities that chaplains conduct in different institutions and settings. This is a hindrance when making [...]
SUMMARY and COMMENT: Our authors this month hold their study to be “the first…to test the potential role of God imagery in influencing affective outcomes in psychiatric care” [...]
Patients and family members often turn to prayer in response to serious, life-threatening illness. Prayer for a miraculous cure is often the request. While prayer can keep hope alive, it may also [...]
Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty measurement, stress relief and sense making
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Much research on fatalism assumes that fatalistic statements represent a global outlook that conflicts with belief in the efficacy of health behaviors. Other scholars have suggested a more [...]
Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important resources for coping with serious illnesses, but research indicates that patients’ R/S needs often go unmet.1 Professional chaplains help patients [...]
A growing interest has been focusing on the relationship between religious coping and psychosocial adjustment among cancer patients. However, previous research mostly has not differentiated [...]
Understanding the Nature and Role of Spirituality in Relation to Coping and Health: A Conceptual Framework
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Abstract: The past several years have seen a virtual explosion of research in the area of religion, spirituality, coping, and health. Despite this inundation, most studies have remained at the [...]
The response of a clinical chaplain to a case study of chaplaincy with an elderly African-American male with Parkinson’s disease is presented. The case study offers two novel aspects: first, it [...]
Touched by an Angel: A Chaplain’s Response to the Case Study’s Key Interventions, Styles, and Themes/Outcomes
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This article is a response by a long-term oncology chaplain to a case by another oncology chaplain. The author notes interventions key to the relationship and outcomes, highlights differences in [...]