Danielle L. Kalletta, a pre-medical student from Springfield, was assigned to the University's AIDS clinic. Each week she watched the clinic's physicians and staff deal with such sensitive matters as partner notification, the protection of patients' privacy rights, and the threat of AIDS to unborn children. It was an amazing experience. Carlton Haywood Jr., a fourth-year student from Roanoke, was equally enthusiastic about his internship. Assigned to the chaplaincy services and pastoral education program in the University Hospital, he accompanied chaplains and chaplaincy residents in their consultations on such issues as the selection of organ transplant recipients, the ethics of experimental treatments, and patients' fears about impending medical procedures.
Patient communication is an important part of the chaplain's role.
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