In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.
Emotional Disorder
In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.
Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting
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Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203
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18 Years to 75 Years
ALL
Yes
Methodist Health System,
Andrew Dowden, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Methodist Midlothian Medical Center
2024-06-24