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George Fitchett

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InstitutionRush University, College of Health Sciences
DepartmentReligion Health and Human Values
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    My Scopus ID is 6701917368.
    My NIH COMMONS name is GFITCHETT.


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    1. Muehlhausen BL, Chappelle C, DeLaney A, Peacock D, Stratton RG, Fitchett G. Providing spiritual care to cancer patients in the outpatient context: a pilot study. J Health Care Chaplain. 2023 Oct 09; 1-14. PMID: 37811644.
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    2. Wilkie DJ, Fitchett G, Yao Y, Schoppee T, Delgado Guay MO, Hauser J, Kittelson S, O'Mahony S, Rabow M, Quest T, Solomon S, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Emanuel LL. Engaging Mortality: Effective Implementation of Dignity Therapy. J Palliat Med. 2023 Sep 07. PMID: 37676977.
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    3. White KB, Lee SD, Jennings JC, Karimi S, Johnson CE, Fitchett G. Provision of chaplaincy services in U.S. hospitals: A strategic conformity perspective. Health Care Manage Rev. 2023 Oct-Dec 01; 48(4):342-351. PMID: 37615944.
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    4. Al Yacoub R, Rangel AP, Shum-Jimenez A, Greenlee A, Yao Y, Schoppee TM, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Emanuel LL, Kittelson S, Wilkie DJ. Cost considerations for implementing dignity therapy in palliative care: Insights and implications. Palliat Support Care. 2023 Aug 11; 1-5. PMID: 37565429.
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    5. Muehlhausen BL, Desjardins CM, Tata-Mbeng BS, Chappelle C, DeLaney A, Olszewski A, Szilagyi C, Fitchett G. Spiritual care department leaders' response to racial reckoning in 2020 and 2021. J Health Care Chaplain. 2023 Jul-Sep; 29(3):292-306. PMID: 36749157.
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    6. Tartaglia A, White KB, Corson T, Charlescraft A, Johnson T, Jackson-Jordan E, Fitchett G. Supporting staff: The role of health care chaplains. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Dec 15; 1-14. PMID: 36520544.
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    7. Muehlhausen BL, Desjardins CM, Chappelle C, Schwartzman G, Tata-Mbeng B, Fitchett G. Managing Spiritual Care Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2022 Dec; 76(4):294-303. PMID: 36217802.
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    8. Handzo GF, Chochinov HM, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Hauser J, Kittelson S, Schoppee TM, Yao Y, Solomon S, Wilkie DJ. Letter to the Editor: Feasibility of Dignity Therapy to Reduce Death Anxiety. J Palliat Med. 2022 10; 25(10):1458-1459. PMID: 36190483.
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    9. Tartaglia A, Corson T, White KB, Charlescraft A, Jackson-Jordan E, Johnson T, Fitchett G. Chaplain staffing and scope of service: benchmarking spiritual care departments. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Sep 14; 1-18. PMID: 36102782.
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    10. Emanuel LL, Solomon S, Chochinov HM, Delgado Guay MO, Handzo G, Hauser J, Kittelson S, O'Mahony S, Quest TE, Rabow MW, Schoppee TM, Wilkie DJ, Yao Y, Fitchett G. Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2023 02; 26(2):235-243. PMID: 36067074.
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    11. Balboni TA, VanderWeele TJ, Doan-Soares SD, Long KNG, Ferrell BR, Fitchett G, Koenig HG, Bain PA, Puchalski C, Steinhauser KE, Sulmasy DP, Koh HK. Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health. JAMA. 2022 07 12; 328(2):184-197. PMID: 35819420.
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    12. Desjardins CM, Muehlhausen BL, Galchutt P, Tata-Mbeng BS, Fitchett G. American health care chaplains' narrative experiences serving during the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological hermeneutical study. J Health Care Chaplain. 2023 Apr-Jun; 29(2):229-244. PMID: 35820036.
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    13. Canada AL, Murphy PE, Stein K, Alcaraz KI, Leach CR, Fitchett G. Assessing the impact of religious resources and struggle on well-being: a report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-I. J Cancer Surviv. 2023 04; 17(2):360-369. PMID: 35726114.
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    14. Bylund CL, Taylor G, Mroz E, Wilkie DJ, Yao Y, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Bluck S. Empathic communication in dignity therapy: Feasibility of measurement and descriptive findings. Palliat Support Care. 2022 06; 20(3):321-327. PMID: 35713352.
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    15. Schoppee TM, Scarton L, Bluck S, Yao Y, Keenan G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Fitchett G, Emanuel LL, Wilkie DJ. Description of a training protocol to improve research reproducibility for dignity therapy: an interview-based intervention. Palliat Support Care. 2022 04; 20(2):178-188. PMID: 34036932.
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    16. Gelfand SL, Fitchett G, Moss AH. Recognizing the Potential Importance of Religion and Spirituality in the Care of Black Americans with Kidney Failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 07; 33(7):1255-1257. PMID: 35304429.
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    17. Schoppee TM, Scarton L, Bluck S, Yao Y, Keenan G, Samuels V, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Emanuel LL, Wilkie DJ. Dignity therapy intervention fidelity: a cross-sectional descriptive study with older adult outpatients with cancer. BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Jan 11; 21(1):8. PMID: 35016670.
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    18. Szilagyi C, Vandenhoeck A, Best MC, Desjardins CM, Drummond DA, Fitchett G, Harrison S, Haythorn T, Holmes C, Muthert H, Nuzum D, Verhoef JHA, Willander E. Chaplain Leadership During COVID-19: An International Expert Panel. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2022 Mar; 76(1):56-65. PMID: 34931932.
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    19. Kestenbaum A, Fitchett G, Galchutt P, Labuschagne D, Varner-Perez SE, Torke AM, Kamal AH. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Spirituality in Serious Illness. J Palliat Med. 2022 02; 25(2):312-318. PMID: 34871044.
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    20. White K, Jennings J'C, Karimi S, Johnson CE, Fitchett G. Examining Factors Associated with Utilization of Chaplains in the Acute Care Setting. J Relig Health. 2022 Apr; 61(2):1095-1119. PMID: 34797457.
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    21. Stacey MJ, Brett S, Fitchett G, Hill NE, Woods D. What do environment-related illnesses tell us about the character of military medicine and future clinical requirements? BMJ Mil Health. 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34686561.
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    22. Damen A, Raijmakers NJH, van Roij J, Visser A, Beuken-Everdingen MVD, Kuip E, van Laarhoven HWM, van Leeuwen-Snoeks L, van der Padt-Pruijsten A, Smilde TJ, Leget C, Fitchett G. Spiritual Well-Being and Associated Factors in Dutch Patients With Advanced Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Mar; 63(3):404-414. PMID: 34656652.
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    23. Ansari A, Baron A, Nelson-Becker H, Deamant C, Fitchett G, Fister E, O'Mahony S, Levine S. Practice Improvement Projects in an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Training Program. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2022 Jul; 39(7):831-837. PMID: 34490785.
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    24. Rantanen P, Chochinov HM, Emanuel LL, Handzo G, Wilkie DJ, Yao Y, Fitchett G. Existential Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 01; 63(1):61-70. PMID: 34332045.
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    25. Damen A, Visser A, van Laarhoven HWM, Leget C, Raijmakers N, van Roij J, Fitchett G. Validation of the FACIT-Sp-12 in a Dutch cohort of patients with advanced cancer. Psychooncology. 2021 11; 30(11):1930-1938. PMID: 34258819.
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    26. Damen A, Exline J, Pargament K, Yao Y, Chochinov H, Emanuel L, Handzo G, Wilkie DJ, Fitchett G. Prevalence, Predictors and Correlates of Religious and Spiritual Struggles in Palliative Cancer Patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 09; 62(3):e139-e147. PMID: 33984462.
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    27. Bluck S, Mroz EL, Wilkie DJ, Emanuel L, Handzo G, Fitchett G, Chochinov HM, Bylund CL. Quality of Life for Older Cancer Patients: Relation of Psychospiritual Distress to Meaning-Making During Dignity Therapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2022 Jan; 39(1):54-61. PMID: 33926243.
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    28. Muehlhausen BL, Foster T, Smith AH, Fitchett G. Patients' and Loved Ones' Expectations of Chaplain Services. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Jul-Sep; 28(3):350-364. PMID: 33882787.
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    29. Antoine A, Fitchett G, Sharma V, Marin DB, Garman AN, Haythorn T, White K, Cadge W. How Do Healthcare Executives Understand and Make Decisions about Spiritual Care Provision? South Med J. 2021 04; 114(4):207-212. PMID: 33787932.
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    30. O'Mahony S, Kittelson S, Barker PC, Delgado Guay MO, Yao Y, Handzo GF, Chochinov HM, Fitchett G, Emanuel LL, Wilkie DJ. Association of Race with End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2021 08; 24(8):1174-1182. PMID: 33760658.
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    31. Cipriano-Steffens T, Cursio JF, Hlubocky F, Sumner M, Garnigan-Peters D, Powell J, Arndt N, Phillips L, Lassiter RH, Gilliam M, Petty LE, Pastor RSO, Malec M, Fitchett G, Polite B. Improving End of Life Cancer Outcomes Through Development and Implementation of a Spiritual Care Advocate Program. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Dec; 38(12):1441-1450. PMID: 33663241.
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    32. Samuels V, Schoppee TM, Greenlee A, Gordon D, Jean S, Smith V, Reed T, Kittelson S, Quest T, O'Mahony S, Hauser J, Guay MOD, Rabow MW, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Yao Y, Wilkie DJ. Interim Analysis of Attrition Rates in Palliative Care Study on Dignity Therapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Dec; 38(12):1503-1508. PMID: 33557587.
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    33. Labuschagne D, Torke A, Grossoehme D, Rimer K, Rucker M, Schenk K, Slaven JE, Fitchett G. Chaplaincy Care in the MICU: Examining the Association Between Spiritual Care and End-of-Life Outcomes. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Dec; 38(12):1409-1416. PMID: 33464118.
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    34. Antoine A, Fitchett G, Marin D, Sharma V, Garman A, Haythorn T, White K, Greene A, Cadge W. What organizational and business models underlie the provision of spiritual care in healthcare organizations? An initial description and analysis. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Apr-Jun; 28(2):272-284. PMID: 33369548.
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    35. Cipriano-Steffens TM, Carilli T, Hlubocky F, Quinn M, Fitchett G, Polite B. "Let Go, Let God": A Qualitative Study Exploring Cancer Patients' Spirituality and Its Place in the Medical Setting. J Relig Health. 2020 Oct; 59(5):2341-2363. PMID: 31705446.
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    36. Sprik PJ, Tata B, Kelly B, Fitchett G. Religious/spiritual concerns of patients with brain cancer and their caregivers. Ann Palliat Med. 2021 Jan; 10(1):964-969. PMID: 32921085.
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    37. Kim DH, Fitchett G, Anderson JL, Garman AN. Management and leadership competencies among spiritual care managers. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Jan-Mar; 28(1):128-137. PMID: 32744161.
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    38. Emanuel L, Solomon S, Fitchett G, Chochinov H, Handzo G, Schoppee T, Wilkie D. Fostering Existential Maturity to Manage Terror in a Pandemic. J Palliat Med. 2021 02; 24(2):211-217. PMID: 32552500.
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    39. K?rup AK, Wehberg S, Hvidt EA, Hvidt NC, Fitchett G, Hansen DG. Age-stratified validation of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-spiritual well-being based on a large cohort of Danish cancer survivors. Psychooncology. 2020 07; 29(7):1217-1223. PMID: 32419270.
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    40. Damen A, Murphy P, Fullam F, Mylod D, Shah RC, Fitchett G. Examining the Association Between Chaplain Care and Patient Experience. J Patient Exp. 2020 Dec; 7(6):1174-1180. PMID: 33457562.
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    41. O'Mahony S, Baron A, Ansari A, Deamant C, Nelson-Becker H, Fitchett G, Levine S. Expanding the Interdisciplinary Palliative Medicine Workforce: A Longitudinal Education and Mentoring Program for Practicing Clinicians. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 09; 60(3):602-612. PMID: 32276103.
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    42. Canada AL, Murphy PE, Stein K, Alcaraz KI, Leach CR, Fitchett G. Examining the impact of cancer on survivors' religious faith: A report from the American Cancer Society study of cancer survivors-I. Psychooncology. 2020 06; 29(6):1036-1043. PMID: 32128944.
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    43. Labuschagne D, Torke A, Grossoehme D, Rimer K, Rucker M, Schenk K, Slaven J, Fitchett G. Chaplaincy Care in the MICU: Describing the Spiritual Care Provided to MICU Patients and Families at the End of Life. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Dec; 37(12):1037-1044. PMID: 32193950.
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    44. White KB, Barnes MJD, Cadge W, Fitchett G. Mapping the healthcare chaplaincy workforce: a baseline description. J Health Care Chaplain. 2021 Oct-Dec; 27(4):238-258. PMID: 32053471.
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    45. Clevenger C, Cadge W, Stroud IE, Palmer PK, Haythorn T, Fitchett G. Education for professional chaplaincy in the US: mapping current practice in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). J Health Care Chaplain. 2021 Oct-Dec; 27(4):222-237. PMID: 32031505.
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    46. Palmer JA, Smith AM, Paasche-Orlow RS, Fitchett G. Research Literature on the Intersection of Dementia, Spirituality, and Palliative Care: A Scoping Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 07; 60(1):116-134. PMID: 31923556.
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    47. Cadge W, Fitchett G, Haythorn T, Palmer PK, Rambo S, Clevenger C, Stroud IE. Training Healthcare Chaplains: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2019 Dec; 73(4):211-221. PMID: 31829123.
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    48. White KB, Murphy PE, Jeuland J, Fitchett G. Distress and self-care among chaplains working in palliative care. Palliat Support Care. 2019 10; 17(5):542-549. PMID: 30739627.
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    49. Torke AM, Fitchett G, Maiko S, Burke ES, Slaven JE, Watson BN, Ivy S, Monahan PO. The Association of Surrogate Decision Makers' Religious and Spiritual Beliefs With End-of-Life Decisions. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 02; 59(2):261-269. PMID: 31539603.
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    50. Fitchett G, Hisey Pierson AL, Hoffmeyer C, Labuschagne D, Lee A, Levine S, O'Mahony S, Pugliese K, Waite N. Development of the PC-7, a Quantifiable Assessment of Spiritual Concerns of Patients Receiving Palliative Care Near the End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2020 02; 23(2):248-253. PMID: 31483184.
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    51. Clevenger C, Pugliese K, O'Mahony S, Levine S, Fitchett G. Study of Shadowing Experiences among Chaplains in the Coleman Palliative Medicine Fellowship. J Health Care Chaplain. 2021 Jan-Mar; 27(1):24-42. PMID: 31032744.
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    52. Damen A, Schuhmann C, Leget C, Fitchett G. Can Outcome Research Respect the Integrity of Chaplaincy? A Review of Outcome Studies. J Health Care Chaplain. 2020 Oct-Dec; 26(4):131-158. PMID: 31017043.
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    53. Kittelson S, Scarton L, Barker P, Hauser J, O'Mahony S, Rabow M, Delgado Guay M, Quest TE, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Yao Y, Chochinov HM, Wilkie D. Dignity Therapy Led by Nurses or Chaplains for Elderly Cancer Palliative Care Outpatients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Apr 17; 8(4):e12213. PMID: 30994466.
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    54. Canada AL, Murphy PE, Stein KD, Alcaraz KI, Fitchett G. Trajectories of spiritual well-being in long-term survivors of cancer: A report from the American Cancer Society's Studies of Cancer Survivors-I. Cancer. 2019 05 15; 125(10):1726-1736. PMID: 30633818.
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    55. Scarton LJ, Boyken L, Lucero RJ, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Emanuel L, Wilkie DJ. Effects of Dignity Therapy on Family Members: A Systematic Review. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2018 Dec; 20(6):542-547. PMID: 30379798.
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    56. Damen A, Labuschagne D, Fosler L, O'Mahony S, Levine S, Fitchett G. What Do Chaplains Do: The Views of Palliative Care Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 May; 36(5):396-401. PMID: 30336692.
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    57. Gerhart J, Fitchett G, Lillis TA, Kuzel TM, Lo SS, Penedo F, Weldon CB, Diaz A. Brief spiritual well-being screening is nonlinearly related to psychological distress in ambulatory cancer patients. Psychooncology. 2018 12; 27(12):2873-2876. PMID: 30189123.
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    58. Scarton L, Oh S, Sylvera A, Lamonge R, Yao Y, Chochinov H, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Emanuel L, Wilkie D. Dignity Impact as a Primary Outcome Measure for Dignity Therapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Nov; 35(11):1417-1420. PMID: 29793345.
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    59. Lee AC, McGinness CE, Levine S, O'Mahony S, Fitchett G. Using Chaplains to Facilitate Advance Care Planning in Medical Practice. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 05 01; 178(5):708-710. PMID: 29340565.
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    60. Polite BN, Cipriano-Steffens TM, Hlubocky FJ, Jean-Pierre P, Cheng Y, Brewer KC, Rauscher GH, Fitchett GA. Association of externalizing religious and spiritual beliefs on stage of colon cancer diagnosis among black and white multicenter urban patient populations. Cancer. 2018 06 15; 124(12):2578-2587. PMID: 29579340.
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    61. Dickson SJ, Clay KA, Adam M, Ardley C, Bailey MS, Burns DS, Cox AT, Craig DG, Espina M, Ewington I, Fitchett G, Grindrod J, Hinsley DE, Horne S, Hutley E, Johnston AM, Kao RLC, Lamb LE, Lewis S, Marion D, Moore AJ, Nicholson-Roberts TC, Phillips A, Praught J, Rees PS, Schoonbaert I, Trinick T, Wilson DR, Simpson AJ, Wang D, O'Shea MK, Fletcher TE. Enhanced case management can be delivered for patients with EVD in Africa: Experience from a UK military Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone. J Infect. 2018 04; 76(4):383-392. PMID: 29248587.
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    62. Damen A, Delaney A, Fitchett G. Research Priorities for Healthcare Chaplaincy: Views of U.S. Chaplains. J Health Care Chaplain. 2018 Apr-Jun; 24(2):57-66. PMID: 29199909.
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    63. King SDW, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Rajaee G, Pargament KI, Loggers ET, Harrison DA, Johnson RH. Religious/Spiritual Struggle in Young Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Survivors. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2018 04; 7(2):210-216. PMID: 29099640.
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    64. Doughty H, Maguire A, Fitchett G, Parker P. Group O low titre only emergency donor panels for small combat teams. J R Army Med Corps. 2017 Dec; 163(6):401-404. PMID: 28883026.
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    65. Fitchett G. Recent Progress in Chaplaincy-Related Research. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2017 Sep; 71(3):163-175. PMID: 28893170.
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    66. Balboni TA, Fitchett G, Handzo GF, Johnson KS, Koenig HG, Pargament KI, Puchalski CM, Sinclair S, Taylor EJ, Steinhauser KE. State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part II: Screening, Assessment, and Interventions. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 09; 54(3):441-453. PMID: 28734881.
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    67. Steinhauser KE, Fitchett G, Handzo GF, Johnson KS, Koenig HG, Pargament KI, Puchalski CM, Sinclair S, Taylor EJ, Balboni TA. State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part I: Definitions, Measurement, and Outcomes. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 09; 54(3):428-440. PMID: 28733252.
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    68. Fitchett G, Murphy P, King SDW. Examining the Validity of the Rush Protocol to Screen for Religious/Spiritual Struggle. J Health Care Chaplain. 2017 Jul-Sep; 23(3):98-112. PMID: 28368718.
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    69. Jeuland J, Fitchett G, Schulman-Green D, Kapo J. Chaplains Working in Palliative Care: Who They Are and What They Do. J Palliat Med. 2017 05; 20(5):502-508. PMID: 28146647.
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    70. Snowden A, Fitchett G, Grossoehme DH, Handzo G, Kelly E, King SD, Telfer I, Tan H, Flannelly KJ. International Study of Chaplains' Attitudes About Research. J Health Care Chaplain. 2017 Jan-Mar; 23(1):34-43. PMID: 27869574.
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    71. King SD, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Pargament KI, Harrison DA, Loggers ET. Determining best methods to screen for religious/spiritual distress. Support Care Cancer. 2017 02; 25(2):471-479. PMID: 27714532.
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    72. Braun LT, Grady KL, Kutner JS, Adler E, Berlinger N, Boss R, Butler J, Enguidanos S, Friebert S, Gardner TJ, Higgins P, Holloway R, Konig M, Meier D, Morrissey MB, Quest TE, Wiegand DL, Coombs-Lee B, Fitchett G, Gupta C, Roach WH. Palliative Care and Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Circulation. 2016 Sep 13; 134(11):e198-225. PMID: 27503067.
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    73. Salsman JM, Pustejovsky JE, Park CL, Sherman AC, Merluzzi TV, Danhauer SC, Jim HS, Fitchett G. Reply to the association between religion/spirituality and mental health in cancer. Cancer. 2016 08 01; 122(15):2441-2. PMID: 27197776.
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    74. Polite BN, Cipriano-Steffens T, Hlubocky F, Dignam J, Ray M, Smith D, Undevia S, Sprague E, Olopade O, Daugherty C, Fitchett G, Gehlert S. An Evaluation of Psychosocial and Religious Belief Differences in a Diverse Racial and Socioeconomic Urban Cancer Population. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 04; 4(2):140-148. PMID: 26983622.
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    75. Canada AL, Murphy PE, Fitchett G, Stein K. Re-examining the Contributions of Faith, Meaning, and Peace to Quality of Life: a Report from the American Cancer Society's Studies of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II). Ann Behav Med. 2016 Feb; 50(1):79-86. PMID: 26384498.
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    76. Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Fitchett G, Leung K, Volturo G, Boudreaux E, Crawford S, Ockene I, Curlin F. An exploration of the role of religion/spirituality in the promotion of physicians' wellbeing in Emergency Medicine. Prev Med Rep. 2016 Jun; 3:189-95. PMID: 27419014.
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    77. Pesut B, Sinclair S, Fitchett G, Greig M, Koss SE. Health Care Chaplaincy: A Scoping Review of the Evidence 2009-2014. J Health Care Chaplain. 2016; 22(2):67-84. PMID: 26901281.
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    78. King SD, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Pargament KI, Martin PJ, Johnson RH, Harrison DA, Loggers ET. Spiritual or religious struggle in hematopoietic cell transplant survivors. Psychooncology. 2017 02; 26(2):270-277. PMID: 26567771.
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    79. Balboni TA, Balboni MJ, Fitchett G. Religion, Spirituality, and the Intensive Care Unit: The Sound of Silence. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct; 175(10):1669-70. PMID: 26323044.
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    80. Sherman AC, Merluzzi TV, Pustejovsky JE, Park CL, George L, Fitchett G, Jim HS, Munoz AR, Danhauer SC, Snyder MA, Salsman JM. A meta-analytic review of religious or spiritual involvement and social health among cancer patients. Cancer. 2015 Nov 01; 121(21):3779-88. PMID: 26258730.
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    81. Salsman JM, Fitchett G, Merluzzi TV, Sherman AC, Park CL. Religion, spirituality, and health outcomes in cancer: A case for a meta-analytic investigation. Cancer. 2015 Nov 01; 121(21):3754-9. PMID: 26258400.
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    82. Jim HS, Pustejovsky JE, Park CL, Danhauer SC, Sherman AC, Fitchett G, Merluzzi TV, Munoz AR, George L, Snyder MA, Salsman JM. Religion, spirituality, and physical health in cancer patients: A meta-analysis. Cancer. 2015 Nov 01; 121(21):3760-8. PMID: 26258868.
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    83. Salsman JM, Pustejovsky JE, Jim HS, Munoz AR, Merluzzi TV, George L, Park CL, Danhauer SC, Sherman AC, Snyder MA, Fitchett G. A meta-analytic approach to examining the correlation between religion/spirituality and mental health in cancer. Cancer. 2015 Nov 01; 121(21):3769-78. PMID: 26258536.
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    84. Powell RA, Emanuel L, Handzo G, Lantos J, Dunn LB, Idler EL, Wilkie DJ, Massey K, Summerfelt WT, Barnes MJ, Quest TE, Kestenbaum A, Steinhauser K, Fitchett G, Zollfrank A, Olsen AK, Balboni TA, Sommer D. Transcending differences to study the transcendent: an exploratory study of researchers' and chaplains' reflections on interdisciplinary spiritual care research collaboration. BMC Palliat Care. 2015 Apr 18; 14:12. PMID: 25927207.
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    85. Zollfrank AA, Trevino KM, Cadge W, Balboni MJ, Thiel MM, Fitchett G, Gallivan K, VanderWeele T, Balboni TA. Teaching health care providers to provide spiritual care: a pilot study. J Palliat Med. 2015 May; 18(5):408-14. PMID: 25871494.
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    86. Fitchett G, Emanuel L, Handzo G, Boyken L, Wilkie DJ. Care of the human spirit and the role of dignity therapy: a systematic review of dignity therapy research. BMC Palliat Care. 2015; 14:8. PMID: 25844066.
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    91. Fitchett G, Winter-Pf?ndler U, Pargament KI. Struggle with the divine in Swiss patients visited by chaplains: prevalence and correlates. J Health Psychol. 2014 Aug; 19(8):966-76. PMID: 23632135.
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    92. Skarupski KA, Fitchett G, Evans DA, Mendes de Leon CF. Race differences in the association of spiritual experiences and life satisfaction in older age. Aging Ment Health. 2013; 17(7):888-95. PMID: 23627686.
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    94. Fitchett G, Benjamins MR, Skarupski KA, Mendes de Leon CF. Worship attendance and the disability process in community-dwelling older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2013 Mar; 68(2):235-45. PMID: 23325504.
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    96. Grossoehme DH, Fitchett G. Testing the Validity of a Protocol to Screen for Spiritual Struggle among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Res Soc Sci Study Relig. 2013; 24:281-307. PMID: 26966344.
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    97. Blanchard JH, Dunlap DA, Fitchett G. Screening for spiritual distress in the oncology inpatient: a quality improvement pilot project between nurses and chaplains. J Nurs Manag. 2012 Dec; 20(8):1076-84. PMID: 23151110.
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    98. King SD, Fitchett G, Berry DL. Screening for religious/spiritual struggle in blood and marrow transplant patients. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Apr; 21(4):993-1001. PMID: 23052922.
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    99. Canada AL, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Stein K, Portier K, Crammer C, Peterman AH. Racial/ethnic differences in spiritual well-being among cancer survivors. J Behav Med. 2013 Oct; 36(5):441-53. PMID: 22752250.
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    102. Lewis TT, Yang FM, Jacobs EA, Fitchett G. Racial/ethnic differences in responses to the everyday discrimination scale: a differential item functioning analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Mar 01; 175(5):391-401. PMID: 22306556.
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    107. McCurdy DB, Fitchett G. Ethical issues in case study publication: "making our case(s)" ethically. J Health Care Chaplain. 2011; 17(1-2):55-74. PMID: 21534067.
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    108. Fitchett G. Making our case(s). J Health Care Chaplain. 2011; 17(1-2):3-18. PMID: 21534063.
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    109. Skarupski KA, Fitchett G, Evans DA, Mendes de Leon CF. Daily spiritual experiences in a biracial, community-based population of older adults. Aging Ment Health. 2010 Sep; 14(7):779-89. PMID: 20635237.
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    110. Murphy PE, Canada AL, Fitchett G, Stein K, Portier K, Crammer C, Peterman AH. 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). Psychooncology. 2010 Mar; 19(3):264-72. PMID: 19367561.
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    119. Daugherty CK, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Peterman AH, Banik DM, Hlubocky F, Tartaro J. Trusting God and medicine: spirituality in advanced cancer patients volunteering for clinical trials of experimental agents. Psychooncology. 2005 Feb; 14(2):135-46. PMID: 15386780.
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    122. Fitchett G. Health care chaplaincy as a research-informed profession: how we get there. J Health Care Chaplain. 2002; 12(1-2):67-72. PMID: 14628510.
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    123. Peterman AH, Fitchett G, Brady MJ, Hernandez L, Cella D. Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy--Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp). Ann Behav Med. 2002; 24(1):49-58. PMID: 12008794.
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    125. Fitchett G, Meyer PM, Burton LA. Spiritual care in the hospital: who requests it? Who needs it? J Pastoral Care. 2000; 54(2):173-86. PMID: 11067526.
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    126. Lederberg MS, Fitchett G. Can you measure a sunbeam with a ruler? Psychooncology. 1999 Sep-Oct; 8(5):375-7. PMID: 10559796.
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    127. Brady MJ, Peterman AH, Fitchett G, Mo M, Cella D. A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology. Psychooncology. 1999 Sep-Oct; 8(5):417-28. PMID: 10559801.
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    128. Fitchett G, Burton LA, Sivan AB. The religious needs and resources of psychiatric inpatients. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1997 May; 185(5):320-6. PMID: 9171809.
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    129. Sivan AB, Fitchett GA, Burton LA. Hospitalized psychiatric and medical patients and the clergy. J Relig Health. 1996 Mar; 35(1):11-9. PMID: 24264522.
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    130. Fitchett G. Linda Krauss and the lap of God. A spiritual assessment case study. Second Opin. 1995 Apr; 20(4):40-9. PMID: 10155021.
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