General Resources for Spirituality in Healthcare
George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health (GWish) SOERCE – “The Spirituality and Health Online Education and Resource Center”
Multi-Faith Care Resources
Judaism – Ask Moses
All Faiths – Belief Net
All faiths – HealthCare Chaplaincy Handbook of Patients’ Spiritual and Cultural Values for Health Care Professionals
All Faiths and Cultures – Cultural and Spiritual Sensitivity: A Learning Module for Healthcare Professionals
Standards for Chaplains/Spiritual Caregivers
Council on Collaboration (2005) – Common Standards for Professional Chaplaincy
Council on Collaboration (2004) – Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators and Students
Hospice and Palliative Care Resources:
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization – If your organization is a member of NHPCO, join their discipline-specific sections known as the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals for FREE by calling 800-646-6460. Multiple resources are available once you join.
National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (2009). “Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 2nd Ed.” Pittsburg, PA.
Other Helpful Resources for Spirituality in Healthcare and End of Life Care
A Powerful Self-Written Obituary by Seattle Author that went viral
Griefwalker – A 70-minute documentary available to view on-line about Stephen Jenkinson, the leader of a palliative care counselling team at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Through his daytime job, he has been at the deathbed of well over 1,000 people. What he sees over and over, he says, is “a wretched anxiety and an existential terror” even when there is no pain. Indicting the practice of palliative care itself, he has made it his life’s mission to change the way we die – to turn the act of dying from denial and resistance into an essential part of life.