Center to Advance Palliative Care

May I suggest that the answer for each program asking this question lies within how that program is itself organized? How does your Palliative Care team deal with diversity as it presents? How do you clarify the patient and her family's needs and desires, and how do you establish a plan of care? The interdisciplinary and patient participatory methods you use will also apply to how when and whether you utilize the chaplaincy services available. And the institution within which you operate may already have practices from which you can work. If your PC team operates within a secular hospital with a team of chaplains, there may be diversity and intercultural work already done. If you are building from the ground up, you may be able to get consults from nearby institutions. But I agree with previous posters, that the spiritual dimension of a patient's care cuts across diversity issues. I have even been asked back to visit avowed atheists because I was able to ask rather than tell. And the Board certification or at least the CPE experience is a good starting point. But ultimately, you have to be sure through interview and review and recommendations that you choose people capable of meeting your needs, just as with any other professional applicant.