Chaplains and Quality Improvement
Can We Make Our Case by Improving Our Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22310786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn Lyndes (Elmhurst College, corresponding author), Kathryn A Lyndes, George Fitchett (0000-0002-5054-8459, Rush University Medical Center), Clayton Thomason (Rush University Medical Center), Clayton L Thomason, Nancy Berlinger (Hastings Center), Martha R Jacobs (HealthCare Chaplaincy Network) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-79 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-4726 • E-ISSN: 1528-6916 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08854720903113416 |
| PMID | 19994607 |
| OpenAlex | W2028685528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 15 |
To date, the field of health care chaplaincy has little information about what constitutes "quality spiritual care. "A qualitative study of four focus groups in New York, Illinois, Arizona, and California was conducted to gather preliminary information about how health care chaplains' experience and understand "quality" and "quality improvement" in spiritual care. The study revealed that many chaplains feel a tension inherent in the task of measuring spiritual care services; how does one evaluate interactions that may seem ineffable? The study also enumerated chaplains' creative efforts, often shaped by institutional contexts and cultures, to address these difficulties in measuring spiritual services. To encourage local efforts to improve the quality of spiritual care and increase chaplains' contributions to improving health care quality, this article focuses on these context-specific projects and ideas. It also makes general recommendations aimed at promoting the development of promising practices for the field
Alternative medicine · Business · Health care · Management · Pastoral care · Political science · Public relations · Quality management · Sociology · Spiritual care · Spirituality · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Marketing
The struggle for good care
Making Our Case(s)
Health Care Chaplaincy
Charting Our Course
Recognizing Success in the Chaplain Profession
Navigating challenges in telechaplaincy
Patients' Satisfaction with Health Care Chaplaincy and Affecting Factors
The Chaplain Profession from the Employer Perspective
A Survey of Chaplains' Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care
Implementing quality improvement efforts in spiritual care
Learning about the effectiveness of chaplaincy care for residents with more severe dementia
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |