The Medical Manual for Religio-Cultural Competence: Caring for Religiously Diverse Populations

Primary Author: Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

This book "details how religious traditions and practices affect medical decisions in ten major world religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shinto, Traditional Chinese, American Indian & Alaska Natives and Afro-Caribbean." It is a guidebook for medical practice.

Spiritual Care to Elderly and Dying Loved Ones

Primary Author: Kevin Quiles,

This book seeks to the provide caretakers with the necessary tools to develop a warm approach toward the experiences of a loved one, friend, or patient. It covers topics such as cancer, dementia, deep loneliness, and loss of purpose.

Spiritual Care Matters - An Introductory Resource For All NHS Scotland Staff

Primary Author: NHS Education for Scotland

Becoming Fire: A Freudian Psychoanalyst's Spiritual Journey

Primary Author: Sally K. Severino, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

A memoir that discusses "how to synthesize spiritual beliefs and science, our inner lives and our work in the world....the journey of an ordinary person who discovers the extraordinary-faith in God-amidst the atheism of the Freudian path."

Sacred Desire: Growing in Compassionate Living

Primary Author: Nancy K. Morrison, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Doctors Morrison and Severino are both psychiatrists at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. In this book they "draw on neurophysiology, relationship studies, research on spiritual development, and psychotherapy to show how spirituality is intimately connected with our physical being." They "offer several clinical examples of how recognizing sacred Desire can advance a person's healing and they provide an action plan for using Desire to move from fear to love of self, others, and all creation."