Increasing diversity of Americans' faiths alongside Baby Boomers' aging: Implications for Chaplain intervention in health settings

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-41

  Ai, Amy L ^a   McCormick, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs in an afterlife and immortal soul; Diverse faiths; Great three origins in the world's beliefs; Health chaplaincy; Religion and spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANCREAS TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BUDDHISM; CATHOLICISM; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951656471     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854720903496126     Document Type: Article

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