Virtual lecture: "Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person" led by Robert Klitzman, MD

Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person
 

Robert Klitzman, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Joseph Mailman School of Public Health
Director, Online and In-person Masters of Bioethics Program 
Columbia University

Given growing political and religious polarization in our country, countless patients, family members, health care providers and others struggle with existential, spiritual and religious quandaries, and with finding sources of meaning, purpose, connection and hope.  But how do they do so?

This talk draws on in-depth research with patients, physicians and hospital chaplains to explore these realms, revealing how chaplains play critical roles, especially in fragmented health care systems, aiding patients, as well as providers facing moral distress, but are often unappreciated and marginalized.

This talk examines these challenges and ways we can best address patients' and providers' needs.