Reverend Catherine Duncan is an ordained minister in Minnesota and chaplain at hospice and trauma centers. She has helped hundreds patients pass to the other side. Based on her vast experience ...

In a few areas, notably hospice and palliative care, doctors tend to recognize chaplains’ roles. But in many other fields, physicians often ignore these realms altogether and marginalize ...

“The deceased does not have to have been a hospice patient ... who has transportation or mobility issues. Garth Adams, a chaplain with Kettering Health Dayton, said it can be disorienting ...

The program involves medical professionals, social workers and chaplains.Tamagna said that hospice care has reduced her angst about her father's condition, allowing her to work instead of worry.