This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including
spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study
group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands Belgium and Switzerland) the United
States Canada and Australia this edited collection provides an overview of different
charting practices and experiences in various countries and healthcare contexts. Encompassing
case studies and analyses of theological ethical legal healthcare policy and practical
issues the volume is a groundbreaking reference for future discussion research and strategic
planning for inter- or multi-faith healthcare chaplains and other spiritual care providers
involved in the new field of documenting spiritual care in EMR. Topics explored among the
chapters include: Spiritual Care Charting Documenting Recording Assessment Charting Spiritual
Care: Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Aspects Palliative Chaplain Spiritual Assessment
Progress Notes Charting Spiritual Care: Ethical Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care in Digital
Health: Analyses and Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care: The Emerging Role of Chaplaincy
Records in Global Health Care is an essential resource for researchers in interprofessional
spiritual care and healthcare chaplaincy healthcare chaplains and other spiritual caregivers
(nurses physicians psychologists etc.) practical theologians and health ethicists and
church and denominational representatives.
