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At Duke University Hospital in Durham, interfaith chaplains comfort patients, families and friends, and even staff.
“As I tell the students, and I deeply believe this, the chaplains do the heavy lifting in a hospital for emotional suffering,” Stan Yancey said. “When a patient hears a diagnosis, they really wish they had not heard or did not hope for then chaplains are called in because we respond to that emotional situation.”…