How Spiritual Caregivers Balance Different Beliefs Across Families

“You couldn’t tell just looking at her that Charles Kibirige’s patient was dying. So Kibirige, the spiritual care supervisor at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, was called into her room. The patient’s daughter was there, and was in her early 20s. Kibirige asked his patient if she wanted to be read her last rites. The daughter piped up and insisted: No, her mother did not need that, so Kibirige departed. An hour later, he received a call to the same room for the same patient. This time, she was alone, and she wanted to . . .”

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