Providing Spiritual Care to Cancer Patients in the Outpatient Context

Critical challenges for advancing spiritual care in healthcare include developing outpatient spiritual care and practicing evidence-based outcome-oriented spiritual care that is built on a foundation of empathic presence. In this webinar we will describe a pilot study of spiritual care for cancer outpatients. The project illustrates how spiritual care providers can successfully address these important challenges.
Read more about the study at Muehlhausen BL, Chappelle C, DeLaney A, Peacock D, Stratton RG, Fitchett G. Providing spiritual care to cancer patients in the outpatient context: a pilot study. J Health Care Chaplain. 2023 Oct 9:1-14. doi: 10.1080/08854726.2023.2266303. Epub ahead of print.
Presenters:
Beth L. Muehlhausen, Ph.D., M.Div., BCC, LCSW, is a spiritual care researcher and instructor with Transforming Chaplaincy. She previously served for four years as the Sr. Researcher for Mission Integration for Ascension.
George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Religion, Health & Human values at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. He is also a Senior Advisor for Transforming Chaplaincy.