title: Voices from the Margins: Reflections of an Oncology Chaplain.
abstract: Michael Eselun, BCC, who serves as the oncology chaplain for the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, recently gave a lecture as part of the Insights Into Cancer lecture series at UCLA called 'Cancer: "It Could Be Worse" - A Spiritual Ponzi Scheme?'. Michael has written a personal reflection to provide a fuller context for his chaplaincy, as he views it, and to provide some background to the lecture. A link to a video of the lecture is included.
authors.affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, USA meselun@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eselun Bcc
mesh_terms: D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D029181:Spirituality
keywords: chaplain; coping; oncology; suffering