The Family Perspectives Project: development and preliminary feasibility of a chaplain-delivered emotional support intervention for families of critically ill patients.
AbstractWhile guidelines recommend that families of critically ill patients receive emotional support from intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, few receive it. To address this gap, we designed the Family Perspectives Project, an intervention that utilizes hospital chaplains to enhance the emotional...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy pp. 1 - 23 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2026
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