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Chaplains and other spiritual care specialists can provide a comforting presence during a time of stress no matter what a family's faith might be.
Chaplains and other spiritual care specialists can provide a comforting presence during a time of stress.
Faith and spirituality may play a major role in coping with cancer, blood disorders and other serious illnesses. Chaplains are trained to help patients and families of all beliefs.
Spiritual care may be an individual department. Or it may be a contact person or group of people in the hospital’s community. At some hospitals, spiritual care may be called pastoral care or chaplaincy.
When struggling with the reality that your child has cancer, a hospital chaplain can provide a life raft in a churning sea of emotions.
When your child asks you tough questions about cancer, it’s OK if you don’t have all the answers. Some questions may not have them.
A child’s cancer diagnosis can drain parents’ emotional strength, spirit, and sense of connection with the people around them. Many parents say it can be helpful to find ways to nurture the soul, sometimes referred to as spiritual practices.
Spiritual care specialists are there to:
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Reviewed: November 2022