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Spiritual Needs of the Sick, Dying and Grieving

Primary Author: Douglas C. Smith,

CME course is available on CD ROM or download for purchase. Objectives of this course are for learners to:

- Identify 4 practical techniques to assess spiritual language, avoid religious prejudice, and start a conversation about belief and values.
- Understand 6 ways to create a comfortable environment and respectfully pray with clients and patients of different faiths.
- Learn calming breath meditations and guided imagery experiences that can be used with multiple faith backgrounds.
- Employ 6 inter-faith spiritual exercises to process personal loss.
- Engage the universal spiritual growth tool, A Wounded Healer Resume.
- Implement dozens of spiritual comfort tools during times of pain, end of life and grief.

Date Last Modified 10/20/2009 Continuing Education course

Spiritual Pain Assessment Form

Primary Author: Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Assessment form created by the Department of Pastoral Services at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR, and adapted from assessment tool designed by Richard Grove, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, OR. Helps rate patients' pain related to meaning, relatedness, forgiveness, and hope.

Date Last Modified On-the-job tool

Spirituality and Health: The Art of Compassionate Medicine

Primary Author: Christina M. Puchalski, GWish: The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health

This 2001 article published in the journal Hospital Physician discusses:

- Issues of spirituality and religion as they relate to medical care
- Initiatives to expand the coverage of spirituality in medical education
- Spirituality in clinical practice, including the FICA tool for spiritual assessment

Date Last Modified 03/01/2001 Article

Spirituality and Health - What does the medical literature say?

Primary Author: Michael Rabow, UCSF Medical Center

One hour video of a discussion on the role of spirituality in health. From the series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public."

Date Last Modified 05/16/2007 Video, Lecture presentation

Spirituality and Medical Practice: Using the HOPE Questions as a Practical Tool for Spiritual Assessment

Primary Author: Gowri Anandarajah, Brown University School of Medicine

Article from American Family Physician (Volume 63, Number 1) describing the HOPE questions as a formal tool for spiritual assessment during a medical encounter. The article also discusses the relationship between spirituality and medicine, definitions of the terms, and the role of the physician.

Date Last Modified 01/01/2001 Article