Evidence-Based Chaplaincy Care: Attitudes and Practices in Diverse Healthcare Chaplain Samples

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 144-160

  Fitchett, George ^a   Nieuwsma, Jason A ^b,c   Bates, Mark J ^d   Rhodes, Jeffrey E ^e   Meador, Keith G ^b,f  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury   (United States)

^e Vanderbilt University ^*  (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chaplains; evidence based practice; measurement tools

Indexed keywords

CLERGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84907463884     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2014.949163     Document Type: Article

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33. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the US government, or other affiliated institutions.