Contributions of the chaplaincy service to the care of terminal patients

Francisco, Daniel Pereira; Costa, Isabelle Cristinne Pinto; Andrade, Cristiani Garrido de; Santos, Kamyla Félix Oliveira dos; Brito, Fabiana Medeiros de; Costa, Solange Fátima Geraldo da

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“…9.982, in 2000, religious assistance was granted to public and private hospitals. Representatives of various religions were given open access to these establishments 6 . Chaplains were then added to the palliative care teams.…”

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Physicians’ Knowledge About Patients’ Religious Beliefs in Pediatric Care

Naufel

Sarno

Alves

2019

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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Objective: To describe the knowledge of pediatricians and pediatric residents about the meaning of death according to the most prevalent religions in Brazil.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among pediatricians and pediatric residents at a tertiary-level children’s hospital in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil, questioning about their knowledge and experience related to spiritual care and the most common religious beliefs among pediatric palliative care patients in Brazil.Results: 116 physicians answered the questionnaire, 98 (84.5%) considered themselves religious, defined as followers of any spiritual creed around the world, and 18 (15.5%) non-religious. Of the total, 97 (83.6%) considered themselves capable of dealing with the spiritual care of Catholic patients, 49 (42.2%) of Protestant patients and 92 (79.3%) of patients that follow Spiritism in the process of death. Religious doctors used less chaplaincy services than non-religious doctors (relative risk - RR 2.54; p=0.0432; confidence interval of 95% - 95%CI 1.21-5.34). Among the physicians, 111 (96%) believe that spirituality is beneficial in accepting the death process, responses were associated with the religiosity of the physicians (RR 1.18; p=0.0261; 95%CI 0.95-1.45). Also, 106 (91.4%) are unaware of the religion of their patients and the same number of participants consider pediatricians, in general, unprepared to deal with the spiritual aspect of death. These data are not associated with the participants’ religiosity.Conclusions: Although most pediatricians and residents consider themselves able to deal with the most prevalent religions in Brazil and affirm that spirituality is beneficial during the death process, little importance is given to the spiritual identity of their patients, which could limit an appropriate approach to their death process.

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Physicians’ Knowledge About Patients’ Religious Beliefs in Pediatric Care

Naufel

Sarno

Alves

2019

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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“…Spiritual follow-up for professionals and especially for patients and families, and since the start of the disease, through active chaplaincy or pastoral programs, increases the probability of patients to receive early palliative care and improve their quality of life in the pre-death period (17,20) , reduces the number of in-hospital deaths, increases admissions in long-stay services (19) , and improves communication and care provided (20) . Thus, the insertion of spiritual support in the studied PCS can help resolve limitations related to the integration of holistic care, improve the communication process, the interdisciplinary work, the quality of patient-family care during the process of death, dying and grieving, and the integrality of the care provided.…”

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Operation of a hospital palliative care service: a fourth-generation evaluation

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Objective: Qualitatively evaluate the operation of a palliative care service in oncology. Methodology: Qualitative study conducted in a service in southern Brazil based on a fourth generation evaluation. Between September 2014 and June 2015, 460 hours of operation were observed, and 45 semi-structured interviews and five negotiation meetings were conducted; data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. Results: Potential services are: provision of outpatient palliative care, home and inpatient care provided by a multidisciplinary and support team, meeting the patient’s biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Study limitations: ineffective communication between clinical and surgical oncology and palliative care sectors, lack of specialized training for professionals and in interpersonal relationship issues among team members. Final Consideration: For palliative care progress in the service, some arrangements are required to enhance integrality of care.

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“…Finally, a study among hospital chaplains points to their contribution in providing spiritual care to terminally ill patients in seven public hospitals in João Pessoa (FRANCISCO et al, 2015). The study highlights the importance of the chaplain's role and emphasizes the meaning differences among these professionals in understanding what comes to be spirituality, which raises the need for research on this issue, especially in the context of theology.…”

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The Interdisciplinary Spiritual Care Model – A holistic Approach to Patient Care

Hefti

Esperandio

2016

Horizonte

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In the last two decades, studies on the relationship between spirituality and health have grown significantly in the International literature. In Brazil, the debate on this subject has reached greater visibility since 2009, mainly in the health sciences, with the appearance of the term "spiritual care". In theology, studies on spiritual care in the health care context are still scarce. This paper aims to contribute to the broadening of this reflection. Firstly, spiritual care is approached from scientific publications in Portuguese language. Second, the interdisciplinary spiritual care model is presented as a holistic approach to patient care and consequences of applying a spiritual care model are outlined. The newly defined role of the hospital chaplains, pastoral counselors and spiritual caregivers is also discussed. As a conclusion, the paper mentions the main challenges going along with interdisciplinary spiritual care, especially those concerning the training of health care professionals.Keywords: spirituality; health care professionals; spiritual care; interdisciplinary; hospital chaplain ResumoNas duas últimas décadas, os estudos sobre a relação entre espiritualidade e saúde tem crescido significativamente no cenário internacional. No Brasil, as pesquisas nesse campo ganharam maior visibilidade a partir de 2009, sobretudo nas Ciências da Saúde, onde começou a aparecer o termo "cuidado espiritual". Na Teologia, estudos sobre cuidado espiritual dentro do contexto da saúde são escassos. Este artigo pretende contribuir com a ampliação desta reflexão. Primeiramente, o cuidado espiritual é abordado a partir da produção científica em língua portuguesa. Em seguida, o modelo interdisciplinar de cuidado espiritual é apresentado como uma abordagem holística de cuidado ao paciente e também são delineadas as consequências da aplicação de um modelo de cuidado espiritual. Discute-se ainda, o papel novo e recém definido dos capelães hospitalares, conselheiros pastorais e cuidadores espirituais. O texto conclui mencionando os principais desafios que acompanham o cuidado espiritual interdisciplinar, especialmente aqueles que dizem respeito ao treinamento dos profissionais do cuidado em saúde.Palavras-chave: espiritualidade; profissionais da saúde, cuidado espiritual, interdisciplinaridade; capelão hospitalar

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Contributions of the chaplaincy service to the care of terminal patients

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Physicians’ Knowledge About Patients’ Religious Beliefs in Pediatric Care

Physicians’ Knowledge About Patients’ Religious Beliefs in Pediatric Care

Operation of a hospital palliative care service: a fourth-generation evaluation

The Interdisciplinary Spiritual Care Model – A holistic Approach to Patient Care

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