Spiritual Care and Healing Apps

The CHA Pastoral Care Advisory Committee is pleased to offer a list of mobile apps to assist in the pastoral and spiritual care of patients, their families and health ministry associates.

View the list to download in your app store

Articles & Resources

• NEW – Reflection Guide – "A Still Small Voice" 
• Bereavement Program Development Guide (Supportive Care Coalition)
• No One Dies Alone Program Development Guide (Supportive Care Coalition)
• Is There a Chaplain in the House? Hospitals Integrate Spiritual Care 
• (AAMC News — 11/21/17)
• Effective Spiritual Care Staffing in the Midst of Health Care Reform - Mission Webinar Recording - August 12, 2014 (CD) (CHA Store)
• Spiritual Care in the Midst of Health Care Reform
  By: Brian P. Smith, MS, MA, M.DIV
• Key insights from CHA Surveys on Chaplaincy with Executives and Clinicians
  By: David A. Lichter, D.Min.
• Studies Show Spiritual Care Linked to Better Health Outcomes
  By: David A. Lichter, D.Min.
• Spiritual Care Services Across the Continuum of Care
• NACC website
• Beginning a spiritual care program: COMISS Network website and its Commission for Accreditation of Pastoral Services to find COMISS Network CCAPS Standards for Accreditation of Pastoral Services.
• Most recently in 2015 APV revised the Standards of Practice (SOP) for Professional Chaplains in Acute Care settings, then added SOP’s for Long Term Care and Palliative Care.
• NACC: Choose Chaplaincy
• Order Pastoral Care Resources in the Online Store

Recommended Reading

• Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care , Christina Puchalski , MD, and Betty Ferrell, RN, Ph.D.Templeton Press, 2010.
• Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain’s Handbook, Edited by Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC. Skylight Path Publishing, 2012.
• Oxford Textbook of Spirituality and Healthcare, Edited by Mark Cobb, Christina M. Puchalski , MD, and Bruce Rumbold. Oxford University Press, 2012.
• Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy, Edited by George Iitchett and Steve Nolan. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

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