Submission Guidelines

Articles are accepted on an on-going basis and can be sent  to plainviews@healthcarechaplaincy.org.

The mission of PlainViews is “translating knowledge and skills into effective chaplaincy and palliative care”.  Articles that correspond to this mission include:

  • Best practices and program resources
  • Core values of chaplaincy, i.e., clinical issues, best practices, cutting edge programs, and areas of specialization
  • Issues impacting multifaith practice, multicultural competency, diversity training programs, and resources for providing care to a specific faith tradition
  • Summaries of information gained in research programs focusing on spirituality and coping/healing, education programs such as cultural diversity training, approaches within CPE, and teaching of multidisciplinary staff
  • Resources including, but not limited to, spiritual assessment tools, programs to share, advocacy tools within the institution, policies, and other practice resources
  • Legislation or regulation that impacts chaplains and other spiritual care providers, promoting chaplains as integral members of the interdisciplinary care team, and spiritual care as a crucial component of healthcare
  • Care of the soul and spirit, self-care for the caregiver, and spiritual pathways for specific care paths
  • Reviews of books, web resources, movies, and other resources that may be useful to professional readers

Articles are encouraged to provide summary questions to engage readers in dialogue.  All comments made by readers are published at the end of each article.

All references to other works must contain the proper reference credits.

PlainViews does not publish articles of chaplains’ personal reflections, poems, and prayers that do not fit the publication’s mission to find, present, and discuss information that will help subscribers strengthen their professional expertise.

Publication of submitted articles is not guaranteed, although the managing editor will provide feedback and support to writers. PlainViews permits the reproduction of articles published here, with acknowledgement of the author and the source.

PlainViews is committed to respecting cultural, religious, and spiritual diversity, and does not publish articles that attempt to proselytize or demean persons.