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is available at the end of the articleIntroduction Our purpose is to create a model of human spiritual processes and needs in palliative care situations so that researchers in spiritual aspects of palliative care can locate their hypotheses in a common model. This model is intended as one that will evolve with each relevant research finding. Our approach is consensus based; that is, all members felt they could live with the content although not all would have stated everything exactly as it is in their own words. The Chaplaincy Research Consortium is con-vened by the HealthCare Chaplaincy and is a community of researchers and scholars. The group’s members were all involved in activities of a three year John Templeton Foundation grant to foster palliative care chaplaincy research