George Fitchett

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
164 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

George Fitchett is a scholar working on Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Fitchett has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Health, 84 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 75 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in George Fitchett's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (127 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (82 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (69 papers). George Fitchett is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (127 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (82 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (69 papers). George Fitchett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. George Fitchett's co-authors include Amy H. Peterman, Marianne J. Brady, David Cella, Lesbia Hernández, Patricia E. Murphy, George Handzo, Andrea L. Canada, Kenneth I. Pargäment, Crystal L. Park and Thomas V. Merluzzi and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George Fitchett

152 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: The functional assessment of chronic illness therapy—spiritual well-being scale (FACIT-Sp)

2002 1.3k citations George Fitchett et al. profile →
A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology

1999 632 citations George Fitchett et al. profile →
Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health

2022 192 citations George Fitchett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Fitchett United States	36	4.4k	3.0k	3.0k	1.6k	932	164	6.4k
Christina M. Puchalski United States	41	5.2k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	3.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	104	7.3k
John R. Peteet United States	26	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	745 0.5×	691 0.7×	111	4.1k
Pamela G. Reed United States	28	1.6k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	882 0.3×	806 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	107	3.5k
Farr A. Curlin United States	36	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	985 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	152	4.5k
Shane Sinclair Canada	33	958 0.2×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	517 0.3×	1.8k 1.9×	96	4.5k
Marilyn M. Skaff United States	27	1.1k 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	635 0.2×	2.6k 1.6×	2.2k 2.4×	34	6.9k
George Handzo United States	23	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	719 0.4×	316 0.3×	88	2.8k
Joan Epstein United States	12	837 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	638 0.2×	861 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	17	4.7k
Gregory G. Homish United States	36	678 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	772 0.3×	470 0.3×	841 0.9×	151	3.7k
Rashid Njai United States	19	589 0.1×	2.0k 0.7×	603 0.2×	485 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	35	4.0k

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Deshields, Teresa L., et al.. (2025). Testing items to screen for religious or spiritual distress in adult outpatient cancer care. Supportive Care in Cancer. 33(3). 198–198.

Fitchett, George, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of spiritual care services at Cedars Sinai hospitals: employees’ views. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 31(3). 216–235.

Fitchett, George, et al.. (2024). In Coping with Intimate Partner Violence, Women’s Beliefs About Forgiveness Matter. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 40(7-8). 1505–1529.

Stratton, R, et al.. (2024). Chaplain care for health care colleagues: a scoping review. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 31(1). 1–30. 3 indexed citations

Fitchett, George, et al.. (2024). Mapping spiritual care in small and critical access hospitals in a faith-based US Health system. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 30(4). 255–277.

Usset, Timothy J., et al.. (2024). Factors Associated With Healthcare Clinician Stress and Resilience: A Scoping Review. Journal of Healthcare Management. 69(1). 12–28. 4 indexed citations

Yao, Yingwei, George Fitchett, George Handzo, et al.. (2023). Cost considerations for implementing dignity therapy in palliative care: Insights and implications. Palliative & Supportive Care. 22(6). 1714–1718. 2 indexed citations

Stratton, R, et al.. (2023). Providing spiritual care to cancer patients in the outpatient context: a pilot study. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 30(3). 153–166. 4 indexed citations

Fitchett, George, et al.. (2023). Spiritual care department leaders’ response to racial reckoning in 2020 and 2021. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 29(3). 292–306. 3 indexed citations

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Emanuel, Linda L., Sheldon Solomon, Harvey Max Chochinov, et al.. (2022). Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(2). 235–243. 14 indexed citations

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Tartaglia, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Supporting staff: The role of health care chaplains. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 30(1). 60–73. 10 indexed citations

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Tartaglia, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Chaplain staffing and scope of service: benchmarking spiritual care departments. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 30(1). 1–18. 10 indexed citations

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Fitchett, George, et al.. (2021). How Do Healthcare Executives Understand and Make Decisions about Spiritual Care Provision?. Southern Medical Journal. 114(4). 207–212. 8 indexed citations

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Scarton, Lisa, Susan Bluck, Yingwei Yao, et al.. (2021). Description of a training protocol to improve research reproducibility for dignity therapy: an interview-based intervention. Palliative & Supportive Care. 20(2). 178–188. 7 indexed citations

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Torke, Alexia M., et al.. (2021). Chaplaincy Care in the MICU: Examining the Association Between Spiritual Care and End-of-Life Outcomes. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 38(12). 1409–1416. 3 indexed citations

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O’Mahony, Sean, Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay, Yingwei Yao, et al.. (2021). Association of Race with End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(8). 1174–1182. 12 indexed citations

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Torke, Alexia M., et al.. (2020). Chaplaincy Care in the MICU: Describing the Spiritual Care Provided to MICU Patients and Families at the End of Life. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 37(12). 1037–1044. 12 indexed citations

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Scarton, Lisa, Lara Boyken, Robert Lucero, et al.. (2018). Effects of Dignity Therapy on Family Members. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 20(6). 542–547. 21 indexed citations

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King, Stephen D., George Fitchett, Patricia E. Murphy, et al.. (2017). Religious/Spiritual Struggle in Young Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Survivors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 7(2). 210–216. 12 indexed citations

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Fitchett, George. (1979). Family therapy and communion. Pastoral Psychology. 27(3). 202–210. 1 indexed citations

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