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Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Consultation: A Case Study in Expanded Practice.

Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Consultation: A Case Study in Expanded Practice. - 2017

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 hospital chaplain. In this study, we aim to describe the role of a PC chaplain embedded within the interdisciplinary PC team and demonstrate how this palliative chaplain role differs from that of a traditional hospital chaplain. We postulate that integrating spiritual care provision into a PC team may offer a broader spiritual care experience for patients receiving PC and begin to delineate expanded clinical roles for the palliative chaplain.

English

ISSN: 0022-4197

Subjects--Topical Terms:
*Chaplaincy Service, Hospital/mt [Methods]
*Palliative Care/mt [Methods]
*Pastoral Care/mt [Methods]
*Religion and Medicine
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clergy
District of Columbia
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Index Terms--Occupation:
Medicine/Palliative Care

Index Terms--Function:
Journal Article