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Showing posts with label Doctors Fail to Address Patients’ Spiritual Needs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doctors Fail to Address Patients’ Spiritual Needs. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2015

YES:"Doctors Fail to Address Patients’ Spiritual Needs "- NYTimes.com

"Yet studies have documented the importance of
religion and spirituality to many patients.
Seventy percent of dying patients want their
doctor to ask them about their religious beliefs."
[That's what hospital chaplaincy (&CPE) is all about! ]http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/08/13/doctors-fail-to-address-patients-spiritual-needs/