Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has amplified the importance of
palliative care to countless patients suffering with and dying from this disease, as well as to …

Abstract Background The EAPC White Paper addresses the issue of spiritual care education
for all palliative care professionals. It is to guide health care professionals involved in …

Context Huntington's disease (HD), an incurable, multi-generational, autosomal dominant
disorder, creating unique challenges and a myriad of spiritually-related stressors in those …

Chaplains' unique contribution is to healthcare is to respond to the spiritual, religious and
pastoral needs of patients and staff. This is their sole purpose, to provide a presence and …

Methods: This is a narrative review. We conducted an electronic PubMed search from 2000–
2022 using the following sets of terms: Spirituality, Spiritual Care, Cancer, Adult, Palliative …

Women with cervical cancer, especially those with advanced disease, appear to experience
suffering that is more prevalent, complex, and severe than that caused by other cancers and …

The aim of this pilot study was to test an effort to provide spiritual care (SC) to oncology
outpatients in the Ascension healthcare system. Medical providers referred patients who …

People with severe mental illness are dying up to thirty years earlier than the general
population. The limited literature on their experience of dying indicates that they often suffer …

Assessment of spiritual suffering and provision of spiritual care are a central component of
palliative care (PC). Unfortunately, many PC clinicians, like most medical providers, have …

The chaplain is an essential member of the palliative care (PC) team, yet, standard methods
to document chaplain assessments are lacking. The study team performed a retrospective …