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ArticleJournal of religion and health2016

Moral Injury, Spiritual Care and the Role of Chaplains: An Exploratory Scoping Review of Literature and Resources.

Lindsay B Carey, Timothy J Hodgson, Lillian Krikheli, Rachel Y Soh, Annie-Rose Armour, Taranjeet K Singh, Cassandra G Impiombato

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of religion and health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05214417 (Conscious Dying/Conscious Living), which is not on this map. Cited by 59 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05214417 phase2unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Conscious Dying/Conscious Living: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for Patients at End of Life-A Pilot Study for Palliative and Hospice Care

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Ketamine Research FoundationRan2022 to 2024Enrolled120ConditionsIllness TerminalArmsKetamine Injectable Solution, Naturalistic Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lindsay B CareyPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. Lindsay.Carey@latrobe.edu.au.
Timothy J HodgsonDepartment of Religious Studies, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Lillian KrikheliPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Rachel Y SohPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Annie-Rose ArmourPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Taranjeet K SinghPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
Cassandra G ImpiombatoPalliative Care Unit, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This scoping review considered the role of chaplains with regard to 'moral injury'. Moral injury is gaining increasing notoriety. This is due to greater recognition that trauma (in its various forms) can cause much deeper inflictions and afflictions than just physiological or psychological harm, for there may also be wounds affecting the 'soul' that are far more difficult to heal-if at all. As part of a larger research program exploring moral injury, a scoping review of literature and other resources was implemented utilising Arksey and O'Malley's scoping method (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8(1):19-32, 2005) to focus upon moral injury, spirituality (including religion) and chaplaincy. Of the total number of articles and/or resources noting the term 'moral injury' in relation to spiritual/religious issues (n = 482), the results revealed 60 resources that specifically noted moral injury and chaplains (or other similar bestowed title). The majority of these resources were clearly positive about the role (or the potential role) of chaplains with regard to mental health issues and/or moral injury. The World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases: Australian Modification of Health Interventions to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and related Health problems (10th revision, vol 3-WHO ICD-10-AM, Geneva, 2002), was utilised as a coding framework to classify and identify distinct chaplaincy roles and interventions with regard to assisting people with moral injury. Several recommendations are made concerning moral injury and chaplaincy, most particularly the need for greater research to be conducted.

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ClergyMoralsProfessional RoleSpiritualityHumansPastoral CareChaplainMoral injuryPastoral careReligionSpiritual careSpirituality

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PMID27094705

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