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Exploring Challenges Of Hospital Chaplains In Transdisciplinary Teams, Stephen A. Spates, Catherine Y.Kingsley Westerman, Leslie A. Laam, Ryan Goke

College of Arts and Letters

Hospital chaplains experience obstacles in contributing to team objectives when a part of transdisciplinary teams. This case study explores the communication challenges of membership on transdisciplinary teams for hospital chaplains, using a fictional account based on data from a previous study. Chaplain David Howard is one of three chaplains at Grace Hospital and is assigned to the newly formed palliative care transdisciplinary team. The purpose of this team is to work towards providing quality care to patients in the upcoming integrative medicine wing. Although the team is tasked with improving the quality of life for patients, David notices that his …