READING ROOM Welcome to the APC Reading Room Chaplaincy Department Resources  Chaplaincy Today Article Search Common Standards for Certification & Ethics Complementary Spiritual Practices (PDF) Cultural and Spiritual Sensitivity Health Care Chaplaincy Healthcare Ethics HIPAA and Pastoral Care  Religion and Health Research/Studies Spiritual Assessment and Chaplaincy Care Documentation Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains     CHAPLAINCY CARE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES   [Back to Top]    Chaplain to Patient Ratios: "Staffing for Quality Chaplaincy Care Services: A Position Paper of the APC Commission on Quality in Pastoral Services" (PDF) Joint Commission 2009 Review Crosswalk for Chaplain Services (PDF)  Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains Starting A Chaplaincy Department COMMON STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION & ETHICS   [Back to Top] Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators and Students Common Standards for Pastoral Educators/Supervisors Common Standards for Professional Chaplaincy Principles for Processing Ethical Complaints HEALTH CARE ETHICS  [Back to Top]      Bioethics Considerations Regarding the Developmental Delayed Inpatient Guidelines for the Chaplain's Role in Health Care Ethics Spirituality and Health Care Ethics HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY   [Back to Top]     Professional Chaplaincy:  Its Role and Importance in Healthcare The whitepaper edited by Larry VandeCreek DMin and Laurel Burton ThD. Researched and produced by APC and other North American pastoral care associations. Practical Bearings: The Critical Bibliography Series for Health Care Chaplains HIPAA AND PASTORAL CARE   [Back to Top]    HIPAA - Definition of a Chaplain Template (PDF) CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY  [Back to Top]     Developing Learning Modules to Address Cultural and Spiritual Sensitivity, from Chaplaincy Today Vol. 19 No. 2 (PDF) Cultural and Spiritual Sensitivity Learning Module   RELIGION AND HEALTH [Back to Top]    Religion and Health Collaboration among healthcare disciplines can shape future understanding of how persons cope through religion by Harold G. Koenig MD and Kevin Adams MDiv BCC from Healing Spirit, fall 2008   SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT AND CHAPLAINCY CARE DOCUMENTATION  [Back to Top]   Chaplains, Assessment, and Documentation: A Template (PDF) Evaluating Your Spiritual Assessment Process (PDF) Joint Commission Spiritual Assessment Guidelines  Spiritual History Tool: FACT (PDF) Spiritual History Tool: FACT, Spanish  (PDF) NOTE: PDF Documents listed on this page require Adobe Acrobat' Reader'. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat' Reader' installed on your computer, click on the following image to get a free copy of the software from Adobe.