The Religious situation in Ukraine and it’s influence on the establishment and development of military-religious relations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (1991–2017) by Galyna Starodubets, Serhii Sokoliuk, Oleksii Voroshchuk

“…In today’s conditions, military chaplains have gained significant experience of service in the war zone, have strong national and patriotic convictions, are able to withstand significant psychological and physical stress, and are ready to carry out pastoral service in any environment. …”
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Promoting advance care planning in African American faith communities: literature review and assessment of church-based programs by Jenny McDonnell, Ellen Idler

“…We then evaluated five sets of well-known advance care planning education program materials that are frequently used by pastors, family caregivers, nurse’s aides, nurses, physicians, social workers, and chaplains from a variety of religious traditions. We suggest ways these materials may be tailored specifically for Black American faith communities, based on the key themes identified in the literature on local faith-based advance care planning initiatives for Black churches. …”
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La Unción de los enfermos - sacramento de alivio y salvación según el c. 998 del Código de Juan Pablo II by Robert Kantor

“…A family and persons ministering the sick (priests, hospital chaplains) should earlier take care of proper instructing about the nature of anointing of the sick and adequate preparation of the sick to receive this grace from the healing Christ. …”
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The Polish Church and the “Thaw” of 1956 by Michał Wenklar

“…The changes of October 1956, initiated by the 8th plenary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party, led to an improvement in state-Church relations and implementation of the most important postulates of the Church, including the return of the Primate to Warsaw, the reinstatement of religious education in schools, and the return of chaplains to prisons and hospitals. The authorities, however, did not treat the above as part of a binding agreement. …”
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Chaplaincy Transitioning Covid-19 in the South African Mining Sector by Dr Mmamajoro Phalatsi-Shilubana

“…During the Covid-19 scare in 2020, chaplains provided ongoing emotional, social and spiritual support to frontline workers in other professional fields in general, and to all workers working in the mining sector in particular. …”
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Interaction with potential donors’ families: The professionals’ community of concern—a phenomenological study by Aud Orøy, Kjell Erik Strømskag, Eva Gjengedal

“…Data were collected through participant observation and in-depth interviews with nurses, physicians, and chaplains working in two ICUs in a Norwegian university hospital. …”
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Cancer clinical trial providers’ perspectives on communicating goals of care: A key informant study by Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Angela L. Falisi, Kathleen Castro, Rebecca A. Ferrer, Anna Gaysynsky, Grace C. Huang, Michelle A. Mollica, Emily B. Peterson, Erin E. Kent

“…Methods: Semi-structured key informant interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, chaplains, nurses, and administrative staff in a cancer research hospital (N=19). …”
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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... by Alessandro Mantini, Maria Adelaide Ricciotti, Eleonora Meloni, Anita Maria Tummolo, Sabrina Dispenza, Christian Barillaro

“…Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, the level of training that the care team has received in collaboration with the chaplains has generated a good generalized awareness of the importance of integrating the spiritual needs of patients and their families into their care, considering salvation as well as health, in a model of dynamic interprofessional integration.…”
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Integration of the Verbatim Exercise into a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship by Christopher R. Powers, Garrett E. Snipes, Katie Boykin Harbin, Andrew Fischer, Nancy Anderson, Kevin Cheng, Kristi Ford-Scales, Bryan C. Siefert

“…an exercise with a long and integral history in the training of health care chaplains. Verbatims are word-for-word accounts of a clinician's encounter with a patient and/or the patient's family. …”
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The religious aspects of the Scottish covenanting armies, 1639-1651 by Furgol, EM

“…These themes have been interpreted broadly to include the rules of war, the army chaplains, religious manifestations in military life, the moral behaviour of the soldiers, and the role of the armies in spreading the presbyterian faith. …”

Religious or Spiritual Experiences and Bipolar Disorder: A Case Study from the Perspective of Dialogical Self Theory by Eva Ouwehand, Hetty Zock, Hanneke Muthert

“…It could be argued, however, that DST could be used as a helpful instrument for the exploration of both medical and spiritual ‘voices’ in the interpretation of religious experiences in both clinical practice by hospital chaplains and by other professionals.…”
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On the Concepts of Religion and Confessionality for Pastoral Care and Spiritual Care in Interreligious and Intercultural Contexts: Clarifications with the Help of Religious Educati... by Sabine Joy Ihben-Bahl, Traugott Roser

“…What significance do these premises have as a basis or a target for research and the fields of action and for the self-understanding of chaplains or spiritual caregivers? Our contribution draws attention to the potential for the reflection on “religion” to inform an understanding of its role in healthcare. …”
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Relations Between Labour Party and Christian Churches in England at the End of XIX – the First Third of the XX cc. by Olha Buturlimova

“…The author underlines that British Labour party was deeply influenced by Christian Socialism so it made its relations with Church of England closer. Chaplains supported the Labour party in their sermons, letters and church press. …”
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The Job Demands-Resources model: Further evidence for the buffering effect of personal resources by Maxime A. Tremblay, Deanna Messervey

“…Research design, approach and method: Hypotheses were tested amongst 122 military chaplains. Main findings: Results showed that compassion satisfaction partially moderated the relationship between job demands and job strain. …”
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Spiritual and religious perspectives in persons with visual impairment due to age-related macular degeneration by Carina Salzer, Lacramioara Samoila, Hosnasadat Mortazavi Moshkenani, Ovidiu Samoila

“…The profile of such patients could be those believing in a higher power, praying often, participating in religious services, being worried about the loss of vision, and needing assistance in daily life.DiscussionAn interdisciplinary and multidimensional team of medical health professionals including mental health workers and chaplains can be of great value in managing persons with AMD.…”
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Religious life for women from the twelfth century to the middle of the fourteenth century with special reference to the English foundations of the Order of Fontevraud by Kerr, B, B. M. Kerr

“…<p>The Order of Fontevraud, founded in 1100 by the hermit/preacher Robert of Arbrisssel was the only twelfth-century women's order incorporating into its structure a group of chaplains and lay brothers whose specific role was to serve the nuns. …”

Increasing the acceptability and rates of organ donation among minority ethnic groups: a programme of observational and evaluative research on Donation, Transplantation and Ethnici... by Myfanwy Morgan, Charlotte Kenten, Sarah Deedat, Bobbie Farsides, Tim Newton, Gurch Randhawa, Jessica Sims, Magi Sque

“…Participants: (1) Community studies: 228 focus group participants; (2) hospital studies: 35 nurses, 28 clinicians, 19 hospital chaplains, 25 members of local Organ Donation Committees, 17 bereaved family members; and (3) evaluation: 66 health professionals. …”
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Learning Compassion and Meditation: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Experience of Novice Meditators by Jennifer S. Mascaro, Jennifer S. Mascaro, Marianne P. Florian, Marcia J. Ash, Patricia K. Palmer, Anuja Sharma, Deanna M. Kaplan, Roman Palitsky, George Grant, Charles L. Raison

“…The participants in this study (n = 40) were Christian healthcare chaplains completing a 1-year residency in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) who learned CBCT as part of their professional chaplaincy training curriculum. …”
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Euthanasia requests in dementia cases; what are experiences and needs of Dutch physicians? A qualitative interview study by Jaap Schuurmans, Romy Bouwmeester, Lamar Crombach, Tessa van Rijssel, Lizzy Wingens, Kristina Georgieva, Nadine O’Shea, Stephanie Vos, Bram Tilburgs, Yvonne Engels

“…Although elderly care physicians appreciated moral deliberation and support by chaplains, this was hardly mentioned by GPs. Conclusions Euthanasia requests in dementia seem to place an ethically and emotionally heavy burden on Dutch GPs and elderly care physicians. …”
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A thematic analysis of shared experiences of essential health and support personnel in the COVID-19 pandemic by Linda Carman Copel, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Christine D. Byrne, Mu-Hsun Chen, Donna S. Havens, Peter Kaufmann, Heather Brom, Jennifer Dean Durning, Linda Maldonado, Patricia K. Bradley, Janell Mensinger, Jennifer Yost

“…A total of 2,762 essential workers (e.g., nurses, physicians, chaplains, respiratory therapists, emergency medical technicians, housekeeping, and food service staff, etc.) participated in the study with 1,079 (39%) providing text responses. …”
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