Lisa M D Archibald, Cassandra Kuyvenhoven
Exploring the Views, Perspectives, and Current Practices of Educational Speech-Language Pathologists and Psychologists in Canada: How Childhood Developmental Language Disorders Are Identified and Diagnosed
American journal of speech-language pathology
health care chaplains whose primary role provide spiritual care patients families medical staff sometimes asked help making difficult decisions resolving conflicts help justified especially religious beliefs values constitute root problem study aims analyze phenomenon asking hospital hospice chaplains poland take role mediators conflicts concerning methods patients medical care survey conducted among 108 catholic chaplains ie least 10 chaplains currently working polish hospitals hospices survey conducted using electronic questionnaire intermediary followup selfselecting findings obtained subjected statistical analysis respondents 31 admitted received requests mediate conflict patient care requests conditional upon type medical facility location chaplains years experience 30 chaplains receive requests mediate patients doctors solving disputes family members members medical teams less frequent 25 19 respectively majority respondents 73 accept role mediator although 46 reserve right refuse certain situations asking health care chaplains become mediators conflicts patients medical care confirms need include mediation skills course education gaining professional experience