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Deep Doctoring: Spiritual Inquiry in the Doctor-Patient RelationshipPrimary Author: Joseph Rotella, Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville Article from the Oates Journal discussing whether patients welcome spiritual inquiry from doctors, what medical spiritual assessment is, the doctor's role in spiritual care, and training doctors to address spiritual concerns.
Date Last Modified 12/31/2001
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Discussing Spirituality With Patients: A Rational and Ethical ApproachPrimary Author: Gary McCord, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Article from the Annals of Family Medicine describing a survey of adults in an out-patient setting, studying when patients feel physician inquiry about spirituality or religious beliefs is appropriate, reasons why they want their physicians to know about their spiritual beliefs, and what they want physicians to do with this information. 921 people completed the survey, which helps helps clarify the nature of patient preferences for spiritual discussion with physicians.
Date Last Modified 07/01/2004
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Empathy and the Practice of Medicine: Beyond Pills and the ScalpelPrimary Author: Howard M. Spiro, Yale University School of Medicine
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Date Last Modified 12/31/1993
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Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual LivesPrimary Author: James L. Griffith, GWUMC Primarily written for psychotherapists, counselors, and others working in mental health, this book serves as a guide to "exploring the creative and healing possibilities in clients' spiritual and religious experience. Vivid personal accounts and dialogues bring to life the ways spirituality may influence the stories told in therapy, the language and metaphors used, and the meanings brought to key relationships and events. Applications are discussed for a wide variety of clinical situations, including helping people resolve relationship problems, manage psychiatric symptoms, and cope with medical illnesses".
Date Last Modified 07/01/2003
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Evidence-Based Case Review: Addressing the religious and spiritual needs of dying patientsPrimary Author: Daniel P. Sulmasy, The John J Conley Department of Ethics St Vincent's, Manhattan Article from the Western Journal of Medicine (Volume 175) offering a review of literature about the spiritual needs of a patient at the end of life, with a focus on physician-patient communication.
Date Last Modified 10/01/2001
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