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ChiPPS Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletter Issue #11: Spirituality and Pediatric Palliative CarePrimary 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.
Date Last Modified 05/01/2008
Report/Document/Book chapter, Article
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Daily Spiritual Experience ScalePrimary Author: Lynn Underwood, Hiram College A 16-question scale used to investigate ordinary spiritual experiences and their role in life.
Date Last Modified 01/01/2001
Measure/Rating scale
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Deep Doctoring: Spiritual Inquiry in the Doctor-Patient RelationshipPrimary Author: Joseph Rotella, Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville Article from the Oates Journal discussing whether patients welcome spiritual inquiry from doctors, what medical spiritual assessment is, the doctor's role in spiritual care, and training doctors to address spiritual concerns.
Date Last Modified 12/31/2001
Article
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Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End-of-Life CarePrimary Author: Harvey Max Chochinov, University of Manitoba Article from CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (volume 56). Dr. Chochinov provides a brief overview of psychiatric challenges in end-of-life care, a discussion of spiritual or existential suffering toward the end of life, a model of dignity, and practical examples of diagnostic questions and therapeutic interventions to preserve dignity.
Date Last Modified 03/01/2006
Article
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The Essential Elements of Spirituality in the End-of-Life CarePrimary Author: Katrina M. Scott, MDiv, BCC, Massachusetts General Hospital The National Consensus Projects Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, published in 2004, defines eight domains of care essential to palliative care clinical practice. The National Quality Forums 2006 document, A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality: A Consensus Report, which is based on the Guidelines, identifies 38 evidence-based preferred practices for palliative care. This article demonstrates how the Guidelines and Preferred Practices may be operationalized in practice, focusing specifically on Domain 5 of the Guidelines, Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care, which incorporates many pertinent aspects of hospice and palliative care related to addressing the spiritual needs of the dying patient and his or her family. In particular, the article addresses methods for assessing the need for spiritual care; methods for communicating with the patient and family about the need for spiritual care; the role of the spiritual adviser on the interdisciplinary palliative care team; the advantages of including certified chaplains on the palliative team; the need for sensitivity toward culture and religious diversity in administering spiritual care; the need for specialized palliative care spiritual advisors to build relationships with community clergy; and more.
Date Last Modified 09/01/2008
Article, Clinical practice guidelines
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