Learn from What the Patient Needs. Listen to What the Patient Wants.
A chaplain is a key member of every interdisciplinary hospice team. As a hospice chaplain with VITAS Healthcare, it is my job to address the spiritual pain of dying.
I do this by learning what the patient needs, and listening to what the patient wants, a basic precept of hospice. Quite simply, I meet the patient wherever they are. It’s called “being present,” and it may be the hardest thing I do as a chaplain.
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