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| George FitchettSummaryAffiliation: Rush University Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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"God, why did this happen to me?": three perspectives on theodicyAnna Bradshaw
Department of Religion, Health and Human Values, Rush-Presbyterian-St, Luke's Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612-3833, USA
J Pastoral Care Counsel 57:179-89. 2003..The subjects' comments highlight the unique and diverse ways in which people wrestle with theodicy. They also indicate that dealing with the question can extend over many years. Implications for ministry are discussed...- Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy--Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp)Amy H Peterman
Northwestern University, Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Ann Behav Med 24:49-58. 2002..Results of the two studies demonstrate that the FACIT-Sp is a psychometrically sound measure of spiritual well-being for people with cancer and other chronic illnesses... - Health care chaplaincy as a research-informed profession: how we get thereGeorge Fitchett
Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
J Health Care Chaplain 12:67-72. 2002..It does mean supplementing those resources with the information research provides. I conclude that the question that professional health care chaplains face is not whether to become a research-informed profession, but how to get there... - Screening for spiritual struggleGeorge Fitchett
Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Pastoral Care Counsel 63:4-1-12. 2009..In addition to areas for future research, the authors describe how using a protocol to screen patients for religious/spiritual can make important contributions to spiritual care... - Daily spiritual experiences, systolic blood pressure, and hypertension among midlife women in SWANGeorge Fitchett
Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:257-67. 2009..There is reasonable evidence that religious beliefs and activities are associated with lower blood pressure and less hypertension. It is not known if daily spiritual experiences have similar effects... - Making our case(s)George Fitchett
Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Health Care Chaplain 17:3-18. 2011..Steps that chaplains, and professional chaplain organizations, can take to further the writing and publishing of case studies are described... - The role of professional chaplains on pediatric palliative care teams: perspectives from physicians and chaplainsGeorge Fitchett
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Palliat Med 14:704-7. 2011..Pediatric palliative care (PPC) specialists recognize spiritual care as integral to the services offered to seriously ill children and their families. Little is known about how PPC programs deliver spiritual care... - Religious struggle: prevalence, correlates and mental health risks in diabetic, congestive heart failure, and oncology patientsGeorge Fitchett
Department of Religion, Rush University Medical Center, Health, and Human Values, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 34:179-96. 2004..The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of religious struggle in three groups of medical patients... - An examination of the 3-factor model and structural invariance across racial/ethnic groups for the FACIT-Sp: a report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II)Patricia E Murphy
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Psychooncology 19:264-72. 2010..The present study tested these findings in a more diverse sample, assessed the stability of the model across racial/ethnic groups, and tested the contribution of a new item... - A 3-factor model for the FACIT-SpAndrea L Canada
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3833, USA Andrea L
Psychooncology 17:908-16. 2008..Because Meaning suggests a cognitive aspect of R/S and Peace an affective component, we hypothesized a 3-factor solution: Meaning, Peace, and Faith... - A survey of chaplains' roles in pediatric palliative care: integral members of the teamKathryn A Lyndes
a American Society for Clinical Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Health Care Chaplain 18:74-93. 2012..In addition, future research should describe the spiritual needs and resources of PPC patients and families and examine the contribution chaplains make to improved outcomes for families and children facing life-limiting illnesses... - Introducing chaplains to research: "this could help me"Patricia E Murphy
Department of Religion, Health and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612 3833, USA
J Health Care Chaplain 16:79-94. 2010..This could help me in my work." This study suggests that, if provided with appropriate education, many chaplains are ready to become more active research consumers and a few would consider becoming investigators... - Incident obesity and cardiovascular risk factors between young adulthood and middle age by religious involvement: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) studyMatthew Feinstein
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prev Med 54:117-21. 2012..No longitudinal study of young adults has examined the prospective association of religious involvement with incident cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) and subclinical disease (subCVD)... - Daily spiritual experiences in a biracial, community-based population of older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:779-89. 2010..A 5-item version of the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES) was used in the study. Multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between sociodemographic and psychosocial factors and DSES scores... - Trusting God and medicine: spirituality in advanced cancer patients volunteering for clinical trials of experimental agentsChristopher K Daugherty
Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612-3833, USA
Psychooncology 14:135-46. 2005..One phase I patient who said, 'I put faith in doctors and God,' expressed these patients' willingness to trust both God and medicine... - Belief in a concerned god predicts response to treatment for adults with clinical depressionPatricia E Murphy
Department of Religion, Health and Human Value, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3833, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:1000-8. 2009..Persons in the upper third of RWB at admission were 75% more likely to have a response to treatment than persons in the lower third. Clinicians need to be aware of the role of religion for their clients... - Burden of cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical atherosclerosis, and incident cardiovascular events across dimensions of religiosity: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosisMatthew Feinstein
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Circulation 121:659-66. 2010....
Research Grants
- The Role of Daily Spirituality in the Disease ProcessGeorge Fitchett; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..