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ACPE Research Network Newsletter

Primary Author: The ACPE Research Network

The ACPE Research Network Newsletter is published three times a year and contains items of enduring value on the subject of spirituality research and health and education.

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An Analysis of the Field of Spirituality, Religion and Health (S/RH)

Primary Author: David J. Hufford, Penn State College of Medicine

In-depth review from 2005 discussing the field of research into spirituality, health, and religion. This analysis was commissioned by the Metanexus Institute.

Date Last Modified 06/05/2005 Report/Document/Book chapter

Can we measure good chaplaincy? A new professional identity is tied to quality improvement

Primary Author: The Hastings Center, in collaboration with The HealthCare Chaplaincy

A set of essays featured in the Hastings Center Report, Nov-Dec 2008. The essays include:

- What Are We Doing Here? Chaplains in Contemporary Health Care
- Ethical Grounding for a Profession of Hospital Chaplaincy
- Lost in Translation: The Chaplains Role in Health Care
- Chaplaincy and Clinical Ethics: A Common Set of Questions
- The Nature of Chaplaincy and the Goals of QI: Patient-Centered Care as Professional Responsibility

Date Last Modified 11/01/2008 Report/Document/Book chapter, Article

Chapter 3: Spirituality in the Care of the Aging and Dying

Primary Author: Christina M. Puchalski, GWish: The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health

This chapter from the book "Pain Management at the End of Life" is available for download as a pdf from the Hospice Foundation of American for $2.50. In it Dr. Puchalski differentiates physical pain from spiritual suffering and discusses how the two oftentimes combine at the end of life.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2006 Report/Document/Book chapter

ChiPPS Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletter Issue #10: Spirituality and Pediatric Palliative Care

Primary Author: National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

This issue of the Children's Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS) Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletter focuses on Spirituality and Pediatric Palliative Care.

Articles include:

- Struggles with God by Lisa Buell
- The Importance of Meaning-Making: Where Spirituality and Grief Intersect by Elizabeth A. Keene Reder, MA, CT
- Spiritual Care of Children with Life-Limiting Illness by Paul Thayer, DMin
- When a Child Dies: Spiritual Struggles and Solace by Beth Seyda

Date Last Modified 02/01/2008 Report/Document/Book chapter, Article