"Empty action: two heads are better than one": Spiritual care provision for patients living with advanced cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-synthesis.

Purpose: This meta-synthesis seeks to explore spiritual care provision by healthcare professionals and spiritual leaders to patients with advanced cancer and their families in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods: Studies were searched and retrieved from MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Global Health, Web of Science, and the Africa Index Medicus databases. The search was conducted on November 10, 2023 and repeated on October 18, 2024.

Scared but Powerful: Healthcare Chaplains' Emotional Responses and Self-Care Modes during the SARS-Cov-19 Pandemic.

Drawing from both the qualitative free-text responses and quantitative responses to an international survey of 1657 chaplains serving during the SARS-Cov-19 pandemic, we explore chaplains' emotional responses to the pandemic and how emotion connects to self-care. This paper reports on the modes of self-care practiced by chaplains, including modes reported as unavailable due to pandemic restrictions. Lastly, we explore how effective spiritual care leadership may mediate chaplain emotions and ultimately chaplain self-care.