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Existential Dimension and Spiritual Assistance in the “A. Gemelli” University Hospital in Rome: A Cross-Disciplinary and Sacramental Enhanced Dynamical Approach in Palliative Care

open access: yesReligions, 2022
In the A. Gemelli university hospital in Rome, the presence of highly specialized inter-professional palliative care teams and spiritual assistants who are dedicated to their role in the service of inpatients is valuable to person-centered healthcare ...
Alessandro Mantini   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Active Listening by Hospital Chaplaincy Volunteers: Benefits, Challenges and Good Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Active listening (AL) is a communication technique frequently used in counselling. This study explored the feasibility of implementing a ward-based AL intervention for patients by chaplaincy volunteers in the UK National Health Service.
Briggs, M   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A national study of chaplaincy services and end-of-life outcomes

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2012
Background Medicine has long acknowledged the role of chaplains in healthcare, but there is little research on the relationship between chaplaincy care and health outcomes. The present study examines the association between chaplaincy services and end-of-
Flannelly Kevin J   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Spiritual Support on Skype for the Seriously Ill

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2015
Newly diagnosed and seriously ill patients who need spiritual support, but are unable to travel for it, can now access free counseling via Skype or phone from chaplains working with ChaplainsOnHand.org, ChaplainCareforVeterans.org and ...
Randi Belisomo
doaj   +1 more source

"Taking your place at the table": an autoethnographic study of chaplains' participation on an interdisciplinary research team. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BackgroundThere are many potential benefits to chaplaincy in transforming into a "research-informed" profession. However little is known or has been documented about the roles of chaplains on research teams and as researchers or about the effects of ...
Dunn, Laura B   +6 more
core   +1 more source

32 Viewing the deceased person: bereaved family uptake of a new service in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions

open access: yes, 2021
Background Care after death includes supporting the bereaved. Evidence suggests that opportunity to view the deceased person is helpful to grieving families.
W. Walker   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hospital Chaplaincy in Half-Time

open access: yesCaritas et Veritas, 2015
The Christian churches, aware of their mission to serve persons in need, provide spiritual service, among others, in the army, the prison service and the police, and in the past few years also in the health care system.
Jana Maryšková
semanticscholar   +1 more source

P-197 The impact of a hospital based, volunteer-led end of life service on staff wellbeing

open access: yesPoster presentations, 2018
Background In 2014, a hospital in the South West of England and an end of life care charity introduced a service of specially trained volunteers to provide emotional and practical support to dying patients in hospital, and their friends and family.
Kim Bonnar, Julia Bearne
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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