Salvador Leavitt-Alcántara, PhD, BCC
- Spiritual Care Provider, Center for Spiritual and Grief Care
- Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
About
Interests
Spiritual and grief care; role of religion and spirituality on medical decision making; coping with disease and health outcomes
Services and Specialties
Interests
The role that religion/spirituality (R/S) and religious/spiritual struggle (RSS) and grief impact patients’ ability to cope with medical diagnosis; medical decisions and coping with loss and grief; the impact of religious and spiritual struggle (RSS) on patient care and the effectiveness of chaplain interventions addressing it
Research Areas
Publications
Pediatric chaplains iterative process to address religious & spiritual struggle: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 2024; 30(4):278-293.
Religiosity and religious and spiritual struggle and their association to depression and anxiety among adolescents admitted to inpatient psychiatric units. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 2023; 29(1):1-13.
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