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Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet Primary Author: Harold Koenig, Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health This paperback book "provides an overview of the relationship between health care and religion" and focuses "on the scientific basis for integrating spirituality into medicine." Koenig summarizes major trends, controversies, and recent research. Date Last Modified 09/01/2008 Book

Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness, Spirituality for Use in Health Research Primary Author: Fetzer Institute This publication is the product of a national working group supported by the Fetzer Institute in collaboration with The National Institute on Aging (NIA). The 12 papers in this report include brief literature reviews, recommended instruments, and bibliographies for key dimensions of religiousness/spirituality as they relate to physical and mental health outcomes. It includes the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS). Date Last Modified 10/01/2003 Report/Document/Book chapter, Measure/Rating scale

The Rebirth of the Clinic Primary Author: Daniel P. Sulmasy, University of Chicago This book "explores the nature of illness and healing, focusing on health care's rich history as a spiritual practice and on the human dignity of the patient...[Sulmasy] describes empirical research on the effects of spirituality on health, including scientific studies of the healing power of prayer, emphasizing that there are reasons beyond even promising research data to attend to the souls of patients. Finally, Sulmasy devotes special attention and compassion to the care of people at the end of life, incorporating the stories of several of his patients". Date Last Modified 05/03/2006 Book

Religion, Health and Medicine in African Americans: Implications for Physicians Primary Author: Jeff Levin, Duke University School of Medicine An article published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, summarizing epidemiological studies of religion and health in African Americans. Date Last Modified 02/01/2005 Article

Religion, Spirituality, and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with HIV/AIDS Primary Author: Michael Yi, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Article published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Describes a study that sought to determine how specific dimensions of religion, spirituality, and other factors relate to depressive symptoms in a contemporary, multi-center cohort of patients with HIV/AIDS. The summary concluded that "A majority of patients with HIV reported having significant depressive symptoms. Poorer health status and perceptions, less social support, and lower spiritual well-being were related to significant depressive symptoms, while personal religiosity and having a religious affiliation was not associated when controlling for other factors. Helping to address the spiritual needs of patients in the medical or community setting may be one way to decrease depressive symptoms in patients with HIV/AIDS." Date Last Modified 01/01/2000 Article