Healthcare professionals’ perceived barriers in providing palliative care in primary care and nursing homes: a survey study by Katrin Kochems, Everlien de Graaf, Ginette M. Hesselmann, Marieke J. E. Ausems, Saskia C. C. M. Teunissen

“…Methods: A convenience sample of nurses, doctors, chaplains, and rehabilitation therapists working in primary care and at nursing homes in the Netherlands is used. …”
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Suid-Afrikaanse kapelaansvroue en die Grensoorlog (1966–1989): ’n Gevallestudie van denominale pastorale versorging by Izette Bredenkamp, Andre Wessels

“…South African chaplains’ spouses and the Border War (1966–1989): A case study of denominational pastoral care. …”
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Suicides in Penitentiaries and Detention Centres by Angelika Rzeźniczak

“…The article describes the information collected during interviews with 18 people, including: prisoners (women and men), prison chaplains, directors of prisons, officers and employees of penitentiary units.…”
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Michael McCartan’s Books Luminary or Lunatic? by Edward Walsh, Laura P.Z. Izarra

“…Michael John McCartan in the cartography of the Irish chaplains in Argentina under the shadow of Fr. Anthony Fahy, a renowned priest leader of the Irish community in that country. …”
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Frequency of use of the religious exemption in New Jersey cases of determination of brain death by Rachel Grace Son, Susan M. Setta

“…This study was approved by the Northeastern University Institutional Review Board (IRB #: 16–03-15). Results Eighteen chaplains and bioethics committee members participated in a full research interview. …”
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A national study of chaplaincy services and end-of-life outcomes by Flannelly Kevin J, Emanuel Linda L, Handzo George F, Galek Kathleen, Silton Nava R, Carlson Melissa

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Medicine has long acknowledged the role of chaplains in healthcare, but there is little research on the relationship between chaplaincy care and health outcomes. …”
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«A prisoner who is seeking truth in God is strengthened with thought to be helpful to his country»: the imposition of National-catolicism in the prisons in post-war by Domingo RODRÍGUEZ TEIJEIRO

“…We come briefly to some of the statistics elaborated from the reports made by the chaplains and the propaganda that the regime develops around them. …”
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Relatos del conflicto interétnico: Francisco García de Piedrabuena contra los "charrúas y otros infieles, 1715 by Sergio Hernán Latini

“…Finally, we make a comparison with another source of the same expedition, written by one of the Jesuit chaplains who accompanied the Spanish forces. We believe that the transcript contains suggestive ethnographic data that permits progress in the knowledge of the ethnic reality of the region.…”
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Navigating Religious Difference in Spiritual Care by Daniel S. Schipani

“…Therefore, the twofold goal of the article is to understand and to foster competent practice by counselors, psychotherapists, chaplains, pastors and other spiritual caregivers. …”
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The Influence of Language Behaviour on the Identity Formation of the Ukrainian Military by Liudmyla Pidkuimukha

“…The data included in this research was taken from the series of books Oral History of the Russian–Ukrainian War (2014–2019), which includes interviews with both military personnel and civilians, namely displaced people from the Donbas region and chaplains. The participants clarify their language choices and explain how it has influenced identity construction, as well as developing their linguistic personality. …”
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Spirituality and Medicine: An Overview Pertinent to Medical Providers by Stephen King

“…It discusses the steps providers can take in better understanding the patient's spirituality/religiosity and further helps providers be aware of chaplains as a resource in helping them be more attentive to the their patients' spiritual needs. …”
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Ritual (Re)design. Towards a Framework for Professional Ritual Making in Postsecular Contexts by Joanna Wojtkowiak

“…The aim is to theoretically strengthen a framework of ritual making for professionals, such as chaplains and celebrants working with renewed rituals. …”
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Qualitative interview study of strategies to support healthcare personnel mental health through an occupational health lens by Cati Brown-Johnson, Karl A Lorenz, Karleen Giannitrapani, Sara J Singer, Elizabeth M Yano, Cheyenne DeShields, Matthew McCaa, Natalie Connell, Susan N Giannitrapani, Wendy Thanassi

“…This work was part of a national qualitative needs assessment of employee occupational health clinicians during COVID-19 who were very much at the centre of organisational responses.Design This qualitative needs assessment included key informant interviews obtained using snowball sampling methods.Participants We interviewed 43 US Veterans Health Administration occupational health clinicians from 29 facilities.Approach This analysis focused on personnel mental health needs and opportunities, using consensus coding of interview transcripts and modified member checking.Key results Three major opportunities to support mental health through occupational health involved: (1) expanded mental health needs of healthcare personnel, including opportunities to support work-related concerns (eg, traumatic deployments), home-based concerns and bereavement (eg, working with chaplains); (2) leveraging expanded roles and protocols to address healthcare personnel mental health concerns, including opportunities in expanding occupational health roles, cross-disciplinary partnerships (eg, with employee assistance programmes (EAP)) and process/protocol (eg, acute suicidal ideation pathways) and (3) need for supporting occupational health clinicians’ own mental health, including opportunities to address overwork/burn-out with adequate staffing/resources.Conclusions Occupational health can enact strategies to support personnel mental health: to structurally sustain attention, use social cognition tools (eg, suicidality protocols or expanded job descriptions); to leverage distributed attention, enhance interdisciplinary collaboration (eg, chaplains for bereavement support or EAP) and to equip systems with resources and allow for flexibility during crises, including increased staffing.…”
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Religion in the Process of Nation-Building in Ukraine: Case Study on the UGCC and Military Chaplaincy by Michał Wawrzonek, Tomasz Szyszlak

“… Priests of various faiths have tried to accompany Ukrainian soldiers as military chaplains since the very beginning of the fighting in eastern Ukraine. …”
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Emotions Are Not in the Way, They Are the Way: Abolishing Unhealthy Beliefs about Emotion and Cultivating the Spiritual–Emotional Development of Athletes by Jane Lee Sinden, Lisa Devall-Martin

“…In doing so, it presents a conceptual model for sport chaplains, coaches, and/or sport advocates for educating and mentoring the emotional and spiritual formation of athletes.…”
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Psychosocial adjustment and quality of life of adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease by Gi Beom Kim

“…Active cooperation with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, chaplains, and family members is highly recommended to help CHD patients feel normal and optimistic and to promote good social interactions, close family relationships, and a strong sense of coherence.…”
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Beyond the Jesuit college: the role of Cambridge’s ‘Puritan’ colleges in European politics and diplomacy, 1603–1625 by Davies, E

“…Emmanuel became the source of diplomatic chaplains appointed in the reign of James VI and I, all of whom made important contributions to European diplomacy and promoted the Church of England as a model for emulation abroad. …”

Defence by demolition? Preserving and relocating the cloister of Segovia cathedral by Beltrami, C

“…Deserted by its canons and chaplains, the old church was a ruin by 1562, while its younger counterpart was slowly reaching completion. …”

Spiritual Struggles of Nones and ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ (SBNRs) by Linda Mercadante

“…The topic is of concern to social scientists, but is equally important for psychologists, counselors, medical personnel, chaplains and others in the helping professions given that Nones will come to them for assistance.…”
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Opening a hermeneutic space for spiritual care practices by Mary Rute Gomes Esperandio, Carlo Leget

“…The model is theoretically based on non-moral and non-religious anthropological frameworks, and it is open to people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. Both chaplains and the multidisciplinary teams can use this hermeneutic tool. …”
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