Related Experiment Video
Updated: Nov 10, 2025
Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
How Do Healthcare Executives Understand and Make Decisions about Spiritual Care Provision?
Aja Antoine1, George Fitchett1, Vanshdeep Sharma1
1From the Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Spirituality and Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Atlanta, Georgia, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Objectives:
This pilot study explores how healthcare leaders understand spiritual care and how that understanding informs staffing and resource decisions.
Methods:
This study is based on interviews with 11 healthcare leaders, representing 18 hospitals in 9 systems, conducted between August 2019 and February 2020.
Results:
Leaders see the value of chaplains in terms of their work supporting staff in tragic situations and during organizational change. They aim to continue to maintain chaplaincy efforts in the midst of challenging economic realities.
Conclusions:
Chaplains' interactions with staff alongside patient outcomes are a contributing factor in how resources decisions are made about spiritual care.
More Related Videos
08:13Development and Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Technology Enhanced Care Pathway for Youth and Adults with Concussion
Published on: January 20, 2019
09:52Setting Up a Stroke Team Algorithm and Conducting Simulation-based Training in the Emergency Department - A Practical Guide
Published on: January 15, 2017
Related Concept Videos
01:27Ethical Issues
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare:
01:30Ethical Dilemmas II
01:19Standards of Care II
01:17Ethical Dilemmas I
Let us explore some examples to understand the potentially complex moral decisions nurses face.
Take the case of caring for minors, particularly in areas related to reproductive...
01:27Nursing Ethical Principles II
Consider the following scenario, which illustrates how these principles are applied in the care of Mr. John, a fifty-year-old teacher diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer.
Initially, Mr. John's...
01:25Ethical Standards I
The Code of Ethics provisions outline the nurse's duty to the patient, the healthcare team, the profession, and society. The Code's fundamental principles include advocacy,...