Context Spirituality has been demonstrated to play an important role in healthcare, yet many
staff feel ill-equipped to deliver spiritual care. Spiritual care training programs have been …

The article defines, describes, and discusses the seven threats to the internal validity of
experiments discussed by Donald T. Campbell in his classic 1957 article: history …

Nurses and health care professionals should have an active role in meeting the spiritual
needs of patients in collaboration with the family and the chaplain. Literature criticizes the …

Purpose Though it has become increasingly clear that religion and spirituality are important
aspects of whole patient care, little is known about how this topic is taught to medical …

Background: Provision of spiritual/religious (S/R) care has been associated with
improvements in patient care, patient–provider relationships, and resource utilization …

The objective of the current study was to assess the religious and spiritual (R&S) beliefs and
practices among healthcare providers, compare R&S among provider types, as well as …

The inclusion of spiritual assessment is vital to holistic, culturally competent work with clients
and yet it is oftentimes overlooked in agency settings and in academic training. Educating …

Hope is an important topic in spiritual care in palliative care but the experiences of chaplains
with hope have hardly been explored. The objective of this study was to explore Dutch …

In the era of COVID-19, physical distancing measures have been widely implemented to
limit viral transmission. Hospitals across the world have restricted visitation except under …

Background Evidence and clinical guidelines call care team members to address the
spiritual well‐being of pediatric patients, especially adolescents and young adults (AYA) …