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2013 Spirituality And Clinical Care Course Syllabus

Primary Author: M. Kay Sandor, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Syllabus developed for UTMB Nursing, Medical, and Allied Health Students through a grant from the John Templeton Foundation Spirituality and Medicine Award administered by GWish. Case studies and a bibliography are included.

These materials may be used in other courses with credit given to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston as the United States Copyright owner.

Date Last Modified 01/01/2009 Course curriculum, Case example/study

Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Religion and Spirituality

Primary Author: Gerrit Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre

This article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 100, Number 6) provides a brief overview of the literature on religion and anxiety, two case vignettes of religious and spiritual aspects of anxiety in the clinical (psychiatric) setting, and a discussion about how these religious and spiritual issues can be addressed.

Date Last Modified 06/01/2007 Article, Case example/study

Bioethics for clinicians: Hinduism and Sikhism

Primary Author: Harold Coward, University of Victoria

Peer-reviewed article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) describing how Hindu and Sikh beliefs may impact the provision of health care. The article includes "Essential qualities of ethical approaches to communication and caregiving involving Hindu and Sikh patients" and two case examples.

Date Last Modified 11/01/2000 Article, Case example/study

Bioethics for clinicians: Islamic bioethics

Primary Author: Abdallah S. Daar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), describing how "Islamic bioethics emphasizes prevention and teaches that the patient must be treated with respect and compassion and that the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of the illness experience be taken into account." The article includes Practical measures for Muslim patients, and two case examples.

Date Last Modified 01/09/2001 Article, Case example/study

Bioethics for clinicians: Jewish bioethics

Primary Author: Gary Goldsand, University of Toronto

Article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The article covers different approaches to Jewish legal and ethical thinking, common ways in which Judaism might affect health care decisions, practical measures to consider when caring for Jewish patients, and provides an example case.

Date Last Modified 01/23/2001 Article, Case example/study