A prospective study of the roles, responsibilities and stresses of chaplains working within a hospice

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 638-645

  Williams, Mari Lloyd ^a   Wright, Michael ^b   Cobb, Mark ^c   Shiels, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaplains; GHQ12; Hospice; Palliative care; Spiritual care; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 7944220306     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm929oa     Document Type: Article

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