1st Edition
Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine Toward the Making of the Healing Practitioner
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 alongside biology as vital factors in health outcomes. Now the gap is closing between medicine and... Read more
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 Religious
- Geography 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 Mortality
- Religious 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--Taking a Spiritual History
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Why Assess Patients' Spirituality?
- When Should Patients' Spirituality Be Assessed?
- How to Take a Spiritual History
- FICA
- MERIT
- Summary
- Questions for Discussion
- Chapter 7. Ethics of Involvement in Patients' Spirituality
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Ethics of Spiritual Inquiry
- Ethics of Referral of 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 Patients
- Chapter 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
- Chapter 11. Integrating Spirituality into Clinical Practice
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Spectrum of Involvement
- Integrating Spirituality into Health Professions Education
- Summary
- Notes
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Dana E King, Harold G Koenig
