"the Patient Is Dying, Please Call the Chaplain": The Activities of Chaplains in One Medical Center's Intensive Care Units

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 501-506

  Choi, Philip J ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a   Cox, Christopher E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chaplain; critical care; death; Intensive care; religion; spiritual care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SPIRITUAL CARE; DEATH; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942986579     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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