Spiritual Needs in a Secular Society
Annelieke Damen, MA, PhD Candidate, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht The religious landscape in the Netherlands is very difference from the United States. In the U.S. 23% describe [...]
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Chaplains Must Be Involved in Rigorous Continuing Education Anchored to Research
Ronald C. Oliver, PhD, MBA, BCC, System Vice President, Mission & Outreach, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky Here’s a startling claim: Medical knowledge is now doubling every 73 [...]
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Spiritual Care Week Webinars, Oct 25-29
Monday, October 25, 1 pm CST / 2 pm EST 20 Highlights from Spiritual Care Research Paul Galchutt, M Health Fairview/University of Minnesota Medical Center Shelley Varner-Perez, Indiana University [...]
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What do we know about the healthcare chaplaincy workforce, and what do we do with this data moving forward? Shelley Varner-Perez, MDiv, MPH, CPH, BCC
Response to and reflection on: White, K. B., Barnes, M., Cadge, W., & Fitchett, G. (2020). Mapping the healthcare chaplaincy workforce: a baseline description. Journal of health care [...]
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Mapping Chaplaincy Research: The Transforming Chaplaincy FY21 Annual Report – George Fitchett
Over the Summer we compiled the Transforming Chaplaincy FY21 Annual Report. As you will see in the Report, in FY21 Transforming Chaplaincy, along with our colleagues and partners, published 16 [...]
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Does Faith Concordance Matter? A Comparison of Clients’ Perceptions in Same Versus Interfaith Spiritual Care Encounters with Chaplains in Hospitals – Christina Shu
Research into the impact of chaplain and spiritual care services rarely explores the intersection between concordance of the spiritual background or identity of the chaplain, and that of the [...]
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Chaplaincy Innovations – George Fitchett
It seems like every few months there is a new report of a chaplaincy intervention. Several months ago I began keeping a list of them. Currently I have ten interventions on my list. You may [...]
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Chaplaincy Innovations – George Fitchett
It seems like every few months there is a new report of a chaplaincy intervention. Several months ago I began keeping a list of them. Currently I have ten interventions on my list. You may [...]
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