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Chaplaincy in Palliative Care Settings
need some citations on cost savings etcAuthor: RabbiArthur
Date: Jan 17, 2012 2:11 pm
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The short answer to your question is that there is nothing more recent than the articles you mention which relates directly to chaplaincy. We did a full literature review in 2010 funded by the Templeton Foundation looking at the efficacy of health care chaplaincy. Most of that review is now published. The citation is below. We would also suggest that the two articles you mention need to be cited carefully. The Iler article is well done methodologically, but is limited to one chaplain's intevention with a limited population. The methdology of the McSherry work has some flaws in our opinion and should be cited with that caveat. There is some other work worth looking at coming from Tracy Balboni and her group in Boston which is very recent and looks at the efficacy and potential cost savings of meeting spiritual needs but does not tie anything directly to chaplains.
Hope this is helpful.
The Rev. George Handzo, BCC
Senior Consultant
HealthCare Chaplaincy
New York, NY
Jankowski K, Handzo G., Flannelly K. Testing the Efficacy of Chaplaincy Care. (2011) J. of Health Care Chaplaincy. 17( 3-4), pp. 100-125.