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“Taking your place at the table”: an autoethnographic study of chaplains ’ participation not meant to offer generalizable results about all chaplains ’ experiences on research teams. Research teams that are Kestenbaum et al. BMC Palliative Care (2015) 14:20 DOI 10.1186/s12904-015-0006-2New York, NY, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleinterdisciplinary may mirror the richness and efficacy of clinical interdisciplinary teams. Further work is needed to better characterize both the promise and pitfalls of chaplains ’ participation on research teams