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Current Issue
1/18/2012 Vol 8 No. 24
From the EditorSue Wintz: More Results from the PlainViews Reader Survey
Professional PracticeRuss Myers: Growing Into Your Profession
Education & ResearchHarold Koenig, MD: Why Chaplains Must Do Research on Spirituality and Health PlainViews Staff: $1.5 Million Call for Proposals to Grow the Field of Chaplaincy Research in Palliative Care
My PracticeAnurag Mani: A Ministry of Presence Betty White: The Silence Within: A Chaplain's Experience of Being Hard of Hearing
ReviewsTim Ford: Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days by Harvey Max Chochinov PlainViews Staff: Harvey Max Chochinov: The Man Who Taught Us the ABCD's
News & Journal WatchPlainViews Staff
Talk BackPlainViews Staff: Are the Demands of Caregiving Falling Mostly on Women?
Palliative CareMartin Montonye: Learning from a Day-Long Symposium on Palliative Care View entire issue as a PDF
Resources• Links • HealthCare Chaplaincy Resources and Education Opportunities • Customer Service/Support FAQs
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Advisory Board
Rev. Dr. Peter Barnes
The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey T. Garland, B.C.C.
The Rev. Jon Overvold, B.C.C.
Chaplain Rozann Allyn Shackleton, B.C.C.
The Rev. Dr. Walter J. Smith, S.J.
Dr. Anne M. Vandenhoeck
The Rev. Lerrill J. White. M.S. B.C.C.
Rabbi David J. Zucker, Ph.D., B.C.C.

Exciting Changes to PlainViews!

We have listened to your feedback and announce some exciting changes to PlainViews:

Subscriptions

Subscriptions will be purchased by specifying 1, 2 and 3 years and the number of subscribers (from 1 up to 30). To purchase more than 30 subscriptions for a single organization please contact our managing editor, by emailing plainviews@healthcarechaplaincy.org. For subscriptions of more than one person, registration codes will be replaced by a "unique URL" which can be distributed to all of your organization's users. This purchaser will also be able to manage all of their registered users from the "My Account" area. The "multiple-seat" subscriptions will be reduced by one any time a subscriber uses the "unique URL" to register. Street addresses will be required, existing subscribers will receive a reminder pop-up to update in your "My Account" area.

Do More with PlainViews

• It will be easier for subscribers to leave comments on articles in order to create more dialogue with your fellow professionals. See the new "User Comments" area under each article. Simply add your feedback and click "Comment"
• Full PDF versions of archived issues will be available (by number and date), and the archives will be simply listed by full issue/date

Welcome Letter from the Managing Editor

Welcome to PlainViews, the online journal that translates knowledge and skills into effective chaplaincy and palliative care. It is endorsed by:

   • Association of Professional Chaplains

   • Association for Clinical Pastoral Education

   • National Association of Catholic Chaplains

   • National Association of Jewish Chaplains

   • Canadian Association for Spiritual Care /Association Canadienne de Soins Spirituels

PlainViews is designed to provide you with information and resources for your professional practice in a concise and convenient format. Articles are grouped into various areas that highlight contemporary issues, specialties, and interests to professional spiritual care providers

We encourage submissions to PlainViews and invite you to review the submission guidelines. Articles are typically 500 words. Themes and ideas for upcoming issues will be posted on a regular basis for your consideration. Additionally, the PlainViews team provides editorial support to authors who wish to contribute. In addition, PlainViews features a section called "TalkBack." This gives you an opportunity to provide feedback on the articles that are presented to encourage dialogue.

PV offers readers the opportunity to share the depth and breadth of the unique perspectives of chaplains. The views expressed in PlainViews are those of our contributors.

We hope that you will find PlainViews informative, interesting, provocative, and challenging. We welcome your views and input as we work together to enrich the profession of chaplaincy.

Blessings,

Sue Wintz
Managing Editor, PlainViews