Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
Overview
Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy is a scientific journal, published by Routledge since 1987 in English. The journal's country of origin is United States and its primary focus area is health services.
Details
Details
Abbr.
J Health Care Chaplain
Publisher
Routledge
Start
1987
End
Continuing
Frequency
Two no. a year
p-ISSN
0885-4726
e-ISSN
1528-6916
Country
United States
Language
English
Specialty
Health Services
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 11346
25
SJR / Ranks: 7121
632
CiteScore / Ranks: 9425
2.60
Recent Articles
1.
Foppen A, Wierstra I, Liefbroer A, Post L, Olsman E
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2025 Mar;
:1-16.
PMID: 40077905
This study investigated the reported workings of a narrative and interfaith spiritual care intervention in palliative care at home called "In dialogue with your life story." It was developed to...
2.
Visser A, Zock H
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2025 Mar;
:1-16.
PMID: 40053332
The transition from inpatient spiritual care to spiritual care in outpatient, community or primary care settings presents various challenges to chaplains. We have examined how chaplaincy organizations navigate different types...
3.
Bolt S, Metselaar S, Versteeg T, Kroger C
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2025 Mar;
:1-21.
PMID: 40029334
Spiritual beliefs are increasingly important toward the end-of-life as they shape perspectives on good care, life, and death. However, in pluralistic societies, the spiritual beliefs of patients and care providers...
4.
Labuschagne D, Palmer P, DeLaney A, Schenk K, Fitchett G
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2025 Feb;
:1-16.
PMID: 39977485
Religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs are crucial coping resources for cancer patients, yet there's no standard spiritual assessment approach. We developed the ONC-5, an evidence-based model to quantify patients' spiritual...
5.
Best M, Washington J, Jones K, Brunker M, Kearney M
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Dec;
:1-14.
PMID: 39624943
The complexity of patient care demands that health care teams collaborate effectively. This means that when pastoral care staff engage with patients, they need to communicate their findings to other...
6.
Palmer J, Engle R, Hyde J, Petrakis B, McInnes D
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Nov;
:1-14.
PMID: 39517119
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) offers spiritual supports to Veterans nationally through its Chaplaincy Service and its Whole Health initiative. There are no systematic efforts to extend spiritual supports to...
7.
Knapp S, Schaefer B, Stratton R, Usset T, Yadav S, Fitchett G
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Oct;
31(1):1-30.
PMID: 39431477
In addition to supporting patients and their loved ones at critical times, chaplains have long understood that caring for their health care colleagues is an important part of their practice....
8.
Grossoehme D, Varner-Perez S, Baxter-Andrews P, Brown M, Drummond S, Jenkins R, et al.
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Oct;
:1-14.
PMID: 39388192
Caregivers of children with medical complexity face daily tasks comparable to pediatric critical care nursing with multiple stressors. This may result in emotional and spiritual distress. Caregivers may also rely...
9.
White K, Galchutt P, Collier K, Szilagyi C, Fitchett G
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Sep;
:1-20.
PMID: 39294900
Health care and religious organizations have a long history with one another. Chaplains' investments in the health and wellbeing of their local communities have extended beyond the hospital walls for...
10.
Fleenor D, Muehlhausen B, Desjardins C, Fitchett G
J Health Care Chaplain
. 2024 Sep;
31(1):76-95.
PMID: 39250285
This first-of-its-kind study explored the essential competencies healthcare chaplaincy hiring managers (HCHMs) sought for entry-level healthcare chaplains (HCCs). We conducted qualitative interviews with 16 HCHMs and using reflexive thematic analysis...