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Exploring Patients' and Chaplains' Perspectives About a Spiritual Care Program in the Primary Care Setting.

Vignesh SadrasJoseph A CarreseAndrea FitzMacy L E GattiPaula Teague
Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)
Spiritual care, when integrated into the primary care setting, has the potential, according to the report of our informants, to help achieve important health-related objectives, such as increased trust in their providers, sustained healthy behavior change, and happiness in spite of chronic illness. Now, more than ever, when our society is hurting from mistrust of our profession secondary to disinformation and discrimination, spiritual care has an important role to play in our efforts to gain our patients' trust so that we can support their healing.
Keyphrases
  • primary care
  • quality improvement
  • healthcare
  • end stage renal disease
  • palliative care
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • prognostic factors
  • pain management
  • advanced cancer
  • risk assessment
  • climate change