Category / Chaplaincy in the News / Healthcare
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The Chronogram: The Chaplain’s Job
From Erica Ruggiero at The Chronogram: In the world of coronavirus, the halls at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie are quieter than normal. While still accepting non-COVID patients, fewer guests and visitors…
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The Groundtruth Project: Chaplains on the Frontlines of Covid-19
From Hayley Smith from the GroundTruth Project: For chaplains and other spiritual care providers, the responsibility of tending for the sick and suffering isn’t just about supporting those infected with the virus—it’s about…
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MDedge Internal Medicine: Undeterred during COVID-19, hospital chaplains transform delivery of spiritual care
By Doug Brunk from MDedge Internal Medicine: The first time that the Rev. Michael Mercier, BCC (a board-certified chaplain), provided spiritual care for a patient hospitalized with COVID-19 in March, he found…
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Webinar: Pandemic Ethics
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is joined by a team of chaplains and researchers to discuss healthcare ethics in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. This webinar, co-sponsored by the Lab and Transforming…
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Times of Israel: Chaplains aim to give COVID-19 patients rare human touch
By Cathryn J Prince at the Times of Israel: With a ‘new normal’ causing most clerical duties to be conducted via phone or video chat, spiritual caregivers try to adapt without changing what…
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Webinar: Chaplaincy in Secular Settings
The Lab is joined by Anne Vandenhoeck, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Diakonia and Chair of the Academic Centre for Practical Theology, KU Leuven, as well as a healthcare chaplain. Michael…
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DC chaplain: “100 blessings a day”
David Balto, volunteer chaplain at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, offers insight into how he approaches spiritual care in this almost-1,000 bed hospital in the nation’s capital: What happens to the woman who…
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New book on experiences of Muslim chaplain
Sondos Kholaki, healthcare chaplain in Irvine, California, recently published Musings of a Muslim Chaplain. From Amazon: This book chronicles the journey of a Muslim hospital chaplain from the beginning of her internship…
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Chaplaincy leaders publish on training of healthcare chaplains
Multiple leaders in contemporary chaplaincy have published a landmark article on the training of healthcare chaplains in the past, today, and in the future. The full article can be found at the…
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Palliative care & hospice chaplain convening, San Diego, March 2020
From our colleague Allison Kestenbaum at UC San Diego Health: Save the Date! Chaplain Learning & Networking Luncheon at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly in San Diego,…
