Case Studies on Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare Practice

A. Overview of Spirituality in Healthcare

David Holmes

1.  Introduction to Spirituality and Health

David Holmes, Caitlin Chunco, Craig Johnson, Sushama Thandla, Stephen Strand, Francis Mazur, Tom Baldwin

2. Examples of Patient-Centered, Whole-Person Healthcare 

David Holmes, Judy Kazmierczak, Shirley Mazourek, Sam Gerardi, Ruth Strand, Korinne Mills, Gina Prescott, Rubins Noel

3.  How to FLOSSS: Identifying Sources of Stress and Support                  

David Holmes, Evan Burns

4.  Prayer, Faith and Healing      

David Holmes, Alicia Skowronski, Rubayat Chowdhury, Jeff Carter, Pam Walck, Patrick Forrestel

5.  Spirituality and Psychosis      

David Holmes, Teagan Plimpton, Caitlin Chunco, Hani Al-Jabi-Lopez, Brandon Schiro, Kathleen Naeher, Scott Anderson, Lily McGovern

6.  Near Death Experience and Screening Recommendations

Catherine Lawton

7.  Spiritual Care in Modern Healthcare: The Role of Chaplains               

Brent Anderson, David Holmes

B. 31 Religions and Belief Systems

David Holmes

8.  African Diaspora and Traditional Religions           

Caitlin Chunco, Ivy Cedillos

9. Agnosticism and Atheism      

Caitlin Chunco, Madeleine Champagne-Shafer, MD

10. Ayyavazhi                

Jade Edwards

11. Baha’i     

Caitlin Chunco, Jiyun Yoon

12. Buddhism                

Nina Vazquez, Austin Ainsworth, Kathleen Naeher

13. Cao Dai   

Caitlin Chunco

14. Christianity              

Austin Ainsworth, Ajay Baindur, Daniel Salib, Sandra Kamel, Mark Iskander, Caitlin Chunco, Danielle Dunn, Christopher Kreiter, Karlin Bacher, John Ciarletta, Kevin Nickerson, Michael DePasquale

15. Church of Christ, Scientist     

Keenan Borde, Mychaela Lauria

16. Church of the Latter-Day Saints             

Stephen Free

17. Confucianism         

Caitlin Chunco

18. Druze      

Caitlin Chunco

19. Hinduism

Alicia Skowronski, Jennifer George, Michael Chernyak, Anna Huebschmann, Gregory Brown

20. Islam       

Mohammed Karim, Nasir Khan, Afreen Siddiqui, Caitlin Chunco, David Holmes, Teagan Plimpton, Melissa Sloley, Laurel Finson, Fatima Elabass

21. Jainism   

David Holmes

22. Jehovah’s Witnesses               

Christopher Kreiter, Eva Schlehr, Mohammed Karim

23. Judaism  

Anna Huebschmann, Caitlin Chunco, Melanie Markowitz, Michael Chernyak, Yasmeen Mohammad

24. Korean Shamanism (Muism)

Caitlin Chunco

25. Native American & Indigenous Religions              

Anna Huebschmann, Pete Hill, Afreen Siddiqui

26. Rastafarianism       

David Holmes, Caitlin Chunco

27.  Reiki        

Madeleine Champagne-Shafer

28.  Scientology             

Matthew Harris, Brandon Hundley

29.  Shenism (Chinese Folk Religion)            

Hannah Granger

30.  Shinto     

Caitlin Chunco

31.  Sikhism   

Michael Jacob Calza, David Holmes, Hamza Razzaq, Melanie Markowitz

32.  Spiritism 

Caitlin Chunco

33.  Spiritual but not Religious     

Adam Scheldt, Samantha Ang, Joseph Gerlach

34. Taoism    

Caitlin Chunco

35. Tenrikyo 

Caitlin Chunco

36. Unitarian Universalism          

Michelle Buhite, Sara Feinland

37. Wicca      

Joseph Nathanson

38. Zoroastrianism       

David Holmes

39.  Conclusion              

Appendix: Spirituality and Healthcare Resources 

Biography

David Holmes is Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Global Health Education, Dept. of Family Medicine, at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of NY at Buffalo and Director, Annual UB-NRC Spirituality in Medicine Seminar