Additional Reading - Pastoral Care

These articles and texts have been identified during the development of the Pastoral Care Workers page by the authors and reviewers. They provide additional information on the role and practice of this professional group in palliative care. This is not an exhaustive list. References were selected for their relevance, and have not been formally reviewed for quality.

Broccolo GT, VandeCreek L (2004) How are health care chaplains helpful to bereaved family members? Telephone survey results. J Pastoral Care Counsel. Spring-Summer;58(1-2):31-9.

Buser, Kurt; Amelung, Volker E; Schneider, Nils German community pastors' contact with palliative care patients and collaboration with health care professionals 2008 Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care 4(2): 85-100.

Carey LB, Newell CJ, Rumbold B. Pain Control and Chaplaincy in Australia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Dec;32(6):589-601.

Edmeads A. Watch with me: a chaplain's perspective. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2007 Nov; 13(11):549-53.

Hanson LC, Dobbs D, Usher BM, Williams S, Rawlings J, Daaleman TP. Providers and types of spiritual care during serious illness J Palliat Med. 2008 Jul;11(6):907-14.

Hummel L; Galek K; Murphy KM; Tannenbaum HP; Flannelly LT; Defining spiritual care: an exploratory study. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 2008; 15 (1): 40-51

Flannelly KJ, Weaver AJ, Smith WJ and Oppenheimer JE. A systematic review on chaplains and community-based clergy in three palliative care journals: 1990 -1999 (2003) Am J Hosp Palliat Care. Jul-Aug;20(4):263-8.

Kernohan WG, Waldron M, McAfee C, Cochrane B, Hasson F. An evidence base for a palliative care chaplaincy service in Northern Ireland. Palliat Med. 2007 Sep;21(6):519-25

Meador KG. Spiritual Care at the End of Life: What Is It and Who Does It? (2004) NC Med J Jul/Aug Vol 65 No4 :226-8.

Mitchell D and Hibberd C A Comparative Assessment of Hospice Chaplaincy Services Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy Vol. 7. No. 1. 2004

Rumbold, B. "Caring for the spirit: Lessons from working with the dying". Medical Journal of Australia, (2003) 179(6), S11-S13.

Strang S and Strang P. Questions posed to hospital chaplains by palliative care patients. (2002) Palliat Med. Dec;5 (6):857-64.

Williams ML, Wright M, Cobb M and Shiels C. A prospective study of the roles, responsibilities and stresses of chaplains working within a hospice. (2004) Palliative Medicine. 18 638-45.

Williams ML, Cobb M, Shiels C, Taylor F. How well trained are clergy in care of the dying patient and bereavement support? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Jul;32(1):44-51.

This page was created on 23 September 2008
Last updated 22 January 2010