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Spiritual & Religious Care Competencies for Specialist Palliative Care Primary Author: David Mitchell, Marie Curie Cancer Care hospices A set of competencies used at the Marie Curie Cancer Care hospices. The competencies are listed in levels of competency that should be achieved by staff and volunteers working in all areas of care. Level 1 is "All staff and volunteers who have casual contact with patients and their families" and Level 4 is "Staff or volunteers whose primary responsibility is for the spiritual and religious care of patients, visitors and staff". Date Last Modified 12/01/2003 Measure/Rating scale

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

Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians Primary Author: Joanne Lynn, Center to Improve Care of the Dying Improving Care for the End of Life is a comprehensive guide to quality improvement for end of life care within health care systems, written for health care managers and clinicians. Section 6.0 covers Relationships, Spirituality, and Bereavement and includes a case study. Date Last Modified 10/05/2000 Report/Document/Book chapter, Website