A 10-year review of research on chaplains and community-based clergy in 3 primary oncology nursing journals: 1990-1999

A manual examination of 3 primary oncology nursing journals was conducted t o identify quantitative studies about chaplains and community-based clergy that were published between 1990 and 1999. This systematic review identifie d 7 studies involving chaplains and/or clergy dealing with a range of issue s. Although the rate at which such studies were published in the oncology n ursing literature was relatively low (1 in 123 studies), this rate far exce eds the rate found in a similar review of psychology journals (1 in 600 stu dies). The nature of the 7 studies and the issues they addressed are discus sed and the authors make recommendations for future collaborative efforts.