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2. Clinical pastoral education - Wikipedia

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   Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is education to teach spiritual care to clergy and others. CPE is the primary method of training hospital and hospice chaplains and spiritual care providers in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [1] CPE is both a multicultural and interfaith experience that uses real-life ministry encounters ...

3. Healthcare chaplaincy - Wikipedia

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   Healthcare chaplaincy. Healthcare chaplaincy is the provision of pastoral care, spiritual care, or chaplaincy services in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, hospices, or home cares . The role of spirituality in health care has received significant research attention due to its benefits for patients and health care professionals.

4. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Exterior of an inpatient hospice unit. In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms can be physical, emotional, spiritual or social in nature. The concept of hospice as a place to treat the incurably ill has been evolving ...

5. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to therapies focused on life ...

6. Sibley Memorial Hospital - Wikipedia

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   Sibley Memorial Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in The Palisades neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and is licensed by the District of Columbia Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital specializes in surgery, orthopedics, and ...

7. Florence Wald - Wikipedia

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   Florence Wald. Florence Wald (April 19, 1917 – November 8, 2008) was an American nurse, former Dean of Yale School of Nursing, and largely credited as "the mother of the American hospice movement". [1] [2] She led the founding of Connecticut Hospice, the first hospice program in the United States. Late in life, Wald became interested in the ...