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  • Hear My Voice: A Chaplain-Led Spiritual Legacy Pilot Study for Patients with Advanced Diseases Rochester, Minn.

    The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, and the strengths and weaknesses of using an innovative chaplain-led spiritual interview with participants who have progressive neurologic conditions, end stage renal disease, and other advanced diseases with the purpose of creating a Spiritual Legacy Document (SLD) for them; to identify spiritual themes expressed in the interviews; to describe the spiritual well-being, spiritual coping strategies, and QOL of the primary participants and their designated support persons with validated questionnaires at enrollment and after two weeks after being interviewed and two weeks after receiving their SLD; to describe the investigators’ growth in understanding the spirituality of the participant groups and their suggestions for applying their learning to promote excellence in patient care. 
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