Faith Spirituality and Medicine.

Faith Spirituality and Medicine.

Understand and make use of the connections between health and religion to improve your practice!Research points to a clear link between people's religious beliefs and practices and their health. These developments have ushered in a new era in health care, in which meaning and purpose stand alon...

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Main Author: King, Dana E.
Other Authors: Koenig, Harold G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Medical education.
Medical education
Medicine > Religious aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine Toward the Making of the Healing Practitioner; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Integrating Religion and Spirituality into the Biopsychosocial Model; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; The Biopsychosocial Model; Spirituality and Mental Health; Spirituality and Physical Health; A Biopsychospiritual Model; Patients' Desire for Addressing Spiritual Issues in the Medical Setting; Spirituality in Practice; Summary; Chapter 2. Patients and Religion; Chapter Objectives; Introduction.
  • People in the United States Are ReligiousGeography of Religion in the United States; Demographics; Health Beliefs of Selected Religious Groups; Summary; Chapter 3. Patients and Spirituality; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Spirituality; Spirituality During Illness; Faith in Spiritual Healing; Spirituality and Health; Spirituality and Prayer; Spirituality and Meditation; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 4. Religion, Spirituality, and Health; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Rationale for Studying Religion/Spirituality and Health.
  • Religious Commitment and MortalityReligious Commitment and Physiologic/Immune Factors in Health; Religious Commitment and Depression; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 5. Health Professionals and Spirituality; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Spiritual and Religious Beliefs of Health Professionals; The Integration Gap; The Spirituality Gap; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 6. Assessing Patients' Spirituality: Chapter 6. Assessing Patients' Spirituality:; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Why Assess Patients' Spirituality?; When Should Patients' Spirituality Be Assessed?
  • How to Take a Spiritual HistoryFICA; MERIT; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 7. Ethics of Involvement in Patients' Spirituality; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Ethics of Spiritual Inquiry; Ethics of Referral to Chaplains; Ethics of Prayer with Patients; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Cases for Discussion; Chapter 8. Chaplains and Pastoral Services; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Education and Training; Role of the Chaplain; Collaborating with Chaplains in the Treatment of Patients; The Impact of Pastoral Care on Health; Summary; Questions for Discussion.
  • Chapter 9. Spirituality in Special Patient Populations: Dying PatientsChapter Objectives; Introduction; The Role of Spirituality in End-of-Life Decisions; Spirituality As a Coping Mechanism; Belief in Miracles and an Afterlife; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 10. Spirituality in Special Patient Populations: Surgical Patients; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Before Surgery; Surgery and Prayer; Religious/Spiritual Factors and Surgical Recovery; Addressing Spiritual Concerns and Mobilizing Spiritual Resources in the Surgical Patient; Summary; Question for Discussion.

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