title: A model for outpatient care.
abstract: Chaplains have seriously discussed outpatient care for a number of years. This article describes a model of thorough and intentional outpatient care that is practiced in conjunction with an inpatient care to cancer populations. Rationales, values, institutional dynamics, and clinical care are discussed. Although the focus is on outpatient care where slightly more than 50% of personnel resources are invested, the care also occurs in the context of both inpatient care and follow-up care after discharge to home. A general model of spiritual and religious care and more specific models pertinent to hematopoietic stem cell transplant populations and general oncology populations are described. The models attend times of distress and times of "ordinary" and celebratory experiences, attend care of patient, caregiver, and staff.
authors.affiliation: Pastoral Care, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, PO Box 19023, G-6102, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schlosser-Hall
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009369:Neoplasms; D010327:Pastoral Care; D014861:Washington