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 …

Health care in industrialized countries is increasingly focused on outcomes (Department of
Health, 2013). The reasons for this focus are complex and contextualized but adopting this …

There is increasing pressure to provide an evidence base for chaplaincy with children and
young people. This is an underresearched area, and current evidence is often anecdotal …

This prospective study investigated the relationship between chaplain visits and patient
satisfaction, as measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and …

In recent years, the chaplain-to-patient ratio in US hospitals has remained roughly the same
while the role of the hospital chaplain has expanded. We compared data on 33,000 chaplain …

Health is holistic, but health services are often not. Primary care is the first point of contact for
patients in the UK, and at least two in every three present with complex bio-psycho-socio …

AimTo determine the effectiveness of primary care chaplaincy (PCC) when used as the sole
intervention, with outcomes being compared directly with those of antidepressants. This was …

Aim: To analyse quantitative changes in patient well-being concurrent with chaplaincy
interventions in a retrospective study of a group of Primary Care centres in Sandwell and …

Understanding referral patterns to chaplains is essential not only to ensure proper patient
treatment, but also to assist chaplains seeking to expand the range of patient situations in …

This article presents the results of 30,700 inpatient visits by chaplains in a healthcare setting
over a two-year period. The authors examine the self-report data of chaplains about patients' …