The term ‘chaplain’ does not have a legal definition in the US at the federal or state level.
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Chaplains have always provided spiritual care outside traditional houses of worship, but their significance is growing as Americans’ religious identities change.
The only chaplain in the COVID-19 section of a Montréal hospital offers spiritual care to patients and families, as well to staff, who have found themselves more intimately exposed to life and death.
Research shows people who suffer from loss of meaning die earlier than those who maintain purpose. We can help people find meaning again by nurturing their “spirit”.
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Professor of Sociology and President, Bryn Mawr College
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Research Officer Dementia and Stroke, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute
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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Religious Studies, McGill University
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Director of Research, Special Projects, President's Office, Bryn Mawr College