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.
2010
O'Connor T, Chow M, Payne G, Young J, Rivera M, Meakes E, McGregor L, Howitt J. In the Beginning: A Canadian Ethnographic Study on Sources and Definitions of Spiritual Reflection used by Health Care Professionals who are not Chaplains. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counselling. 2010;64(1):1-14.
2008
Buser K, Amelung VE, Schneider N.
German community pastors' contact with palliative care patients and collaboration with health care professionals. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2008;4(2):85-100.
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. J Health Care Chaplain. 2008;15(1):40-51.
2007
Edmeads A. Watch with me: a chaplain's perspective. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2007 Nov;13(11):549-53.
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.
2006
Carey LB, Newell CJ, Rumbold B. Pain Control and Chaplaincy in Australia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Dec;32(6):589-601.
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.
2004
Broccolo GT, VandeCreek L. How are health care chaplains helpful to bereaved family members? Telephone survey results. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2004 Spring-Summer;58(1-2):31-9.
Meador KG. Spiritual care at the End of Life: what is it and who does it? NC Med J. 2004 Jul/Aug;65(4):226-8.
Mitchell D, Hibberd C. A Comparative Assessment of Hospice Chaplaincy Services. Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy. 2004;7(1):6-11.
Williams ML, Wright M, Cobb M, Shiels C. A prospective study of the roles, responsibilities and stresses of chaplains working within a hospice. Palliat Med. 2004 Oct;18(7):638-45.
2003
Flannelly KJ, Weaver AJ, Smith WJ, Oppenheimer JE. A systematic review on chaplains and community-based clergy in three palliative care journals: 1990 -1999. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2003 Jul-Aug;20(4):263-8.
Rumbold B. "Caring for the spirit: Lessons from working with the dying". Medical Journal of Australia. 2003;179(6): S11-S13.
2002
Strang S, Strang P. Questions posed to hospital chaplains by palliative care patients. Palliat Med. 2002 Dec;5 (6):857-64.
This page was created on 23 September 2008
Last updated 30 March 2010