Chaplaincy, Judaism, Ukraine, COVID-19 and JORH Jubilee

Abstract

This first issue of JORH for 2023 considers (1) the ministry of chaplains, (2) Judaism, (3) the people of war-torn Ukraine, (4) the ongoing saga of COVID-19 and, on a happier note, (5) we celebrate a belated jubilee by presenting a bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Religion and Health (1961-2021). To conclude this issue, a book review is presented, "The Desperate Hours" by award winning journalist Marie Brenner, focusing on one hospital's fight to save New York City during COVID-19. A reminder is also provided to readers on the call for papers regarding a future issue on religion, spirituality, suicide and its prevention.

The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments

“…Further to Nolan’s point, the editors of the Journal of Religion and Health summarize, that substantial research relating to the efficacy of faith-based chaplaincy is “…thriving and proving the benefits of chaplaincy pastoral and spiritual care” (Carey et al, 2023 ). They go on to state: “The outcomes of this chaplaincy research challenges the rationalist philosophies and sabotaging activities of those secularists who deliberately or subtly discriminate against people needing or wanting the provision of pastoral and spiritual care interventions—particularly for people with religious affiliations—whether they are in hospitals, aged care facilities, welfare, mental health care, educational institutions, refugee centres, correctional facilities, the military, police force, firefighter or paramedical services” (Carey et al, 2023 , pp. 1–2).…”

Description and Analysis of Research on Death and Dying during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Published in Nursing Journals Indexed in SCOPUS

“…A total of 119 [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 8...…”

“…Bradford’s law is a useful tool for analyzing the distribution of information, as well as to better understand its structure and how the different aspects of a topic are related to one another. Taking this into account, the present analysis established that, of the 71 journals reported, the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Q1) with 11 publications [ 57 , 62 , 65 , 70 , 77 , 81 , 87 , 99 , 103 , 109 , 124 ], the Journal of Palliative Medicine (Q2) with 10 [ 59 , 71 , 89 , 91 , 93 , 96 , 98 , 131 , 148 ], the Journal of Religion and Health (not JCR) with 7 [ 58 , 63 , 67 , 78 , 107 , 112 , 118 ], Nursing Ethics (Q1) with 6 [ 39 , 56 , 69 , 73 , 75 , 104 ], Journal of Medical Ethics (Q1) with 4 [ 53 , 100 , 102 , 106 ] and BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (not JCR) with 3 publications [ 68 , 85 , 97 ] were the central sources, with accounting for only 8.5% of the total. See Figure 1 .…”

“…The following supporting information can be downloaded at: , File S1: Excel spreadsheet containing complete metadata of references retrieved for description and Analysis of Research on Death and Dying during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Published in Nursing Journals Indexed in SCOPUS. (References [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 …”