Robert Klitzman, Gabrielle Di Sapia Natarelli, Stephanie Sinnappan, Elizaveta Garbuzova, Jay Al-Hashimi
Critical questions arise about how contextual factors affect hospital chaplains. We interviewed 23 chaplains in-depth. Hospitals' religious or other institutional affiliation, geography, and leadership can influence chaplains both explicitly/directly and implicitly/indirectly-for example, in types/amounts of support chaplains receive, scope of chaplains' roles/activities, amounts/types of chaplains' interactions, chaplains' views of their roles and freedom to innovate, and patients', families' and other providers' perceptions/expectations regarding spiritual care...
September 2023: Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: JPCC