Health Care

Hospital Chaplaincy Service

Hospital department which administers religious activities within the hospital, e.g., pastoral care, religious services.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department which administers religious activities within the hospital, e.g., pastoral care, religious services.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Chaplaincy Service, Hospital
  • Service, Chaplaincy Hospital
  • Service, Hospital Chaplaincy
  • Chaplaincy Hospital Service
  • Chaplaincy Hospital Services
  • Chaplaincy Services, Hospital
  • Hospital Chaplaincy Services
  • Hospital Service, Chaplaincy
  • Hospital Services, Chaplaincy
  • Services, Chaplaincy Hospital
  • Services, Hospital Chaplaincy

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; coord with specific religion (IM) if pertinent

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1977-90

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.270
  2. N04w.452.442.452.422w.270

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NLM Classification

WX 187

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Chaplaincy Service. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002604. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002604
  2. Hospital Chaplaincy Service. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70437129