Services 4 — Sarah Byrne-Martelli

Palliative Care Chaplaincy Resources

Communication Strategies When Patients Utilize Spiritual Language to Hope for a Miracle

Byrne-Martelli, S. and Rosenberg, L.B., 2022. Communication Strategies When Patients Utilize Spiritual Language to Hope for a Miracle# 433. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 25(3).
PC-Development of the PC-7, a quantifiable assessment of spiritual concerns of patients receiving palliative care near the end of life.

Fitchett, G., Hisey Pierson, A.L., Hoffmeyer, C., Labuschagne, D., Lee, A., Levine, S., O'Mahony, S., Pugliese, K. and Waite, N., 2020. Development of the PC-7, a quantifiable assessment of spiritual concerns of patients receiving palliative care near the end of life. Journal of palliative medicine, 23(2), pp.248-253.
Validity, Reliability, and Clinical Usefulness of the PC-6 Model for Spiritual Assessment in Palliative Care

Labuschagne, D., Palmer, P.K., Cole, B., Drennan, S.B., Harry, M.L., Peñate, E., Ulrich, K.A. and Fitchett, G., 2025. Validity, Reliability, and Clinical Usefulness of the PC-6 Model for Spiritual Assessment in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Spirituality in Serious Illness

Kestenbaum, A., Fitchett, G., Galchutt, P., Labuschagne, D., Varner-Perez, S.E., Torke, A.M. and Kamal, A.H., 2022. Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about spirituality in serious illness. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 25(2), pp.312-318.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience

Tarbi, E.C., Moore, C.M., Wallace, C.L., Beaussant, Y., Broden, E.G., Chammas, D., Galchutt, P., Gilchrist, D., Hayden, A., Morgan, B. and Rosenberg, L.B., 2024. Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about attending to the existential experience. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 27(10), pp.1379-1389.
Evaluation of the HOPE spiritual assessment model:

Sleeth, G., Gottlieb, P., Srinivasan, A., Thaddeus, U., Mennillo, M. and Anandarajah, G., 2025. Evaluation of the HOPE spiritual assessment model: a scoping review of international interest, applications and studies over 20+ years. BMC Palliative Care, 24(1), p.191.