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Spiritual Care & Emotional Support in Healthcare: Physician's Manual

Primary Author: Mark Reeves, UCSD Medical Center

This physician manual, created by a winner of the GWish Spirituality and Medicine Curricular and Residency Training Program Award, contains much information specific to the UCSD Medical Center but can serve as a model for others.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2008 Manual/guide

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

Primary Author: NHS Education for Scotland

This guide, developed by the Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care department of NHS Education for Scotland, is intended to be a useful introduction to the "diverse area covered by the term 'spiritual care'. It is intended as a resource both for those wanting to find out a bit more about it and for those with a commitment to teach and explain its nature".

Chapters include:
- Spiritual Care
- Religious Care
- Communication and Relationships
- Spiritual History Taking: The Use of Stories
- Looking after one's own Spiritual Wellbeing
- Reflective Practice
- Bereavement and Loss
- Spirituality, Equality and Diversity
- Organisational Spirituality
- Use of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Services

Date Last Modified 04/30/2009 Report/Document/Book chapter, Book, Manual/guide

Spiritual Struggle

Primary Author: James L. Risk, Rush University Medical Center

This article from the Fall 2008 issue of Healing Spirit discusses spiritual struggle in the healthcare setting and the role of chaplains in helping address it. Two case examples of patients at spiritual risk are included.

Date Last Modified 09/01/2008 Article, Case example/study

Spirituality in Patient Care: Why, How, When, and What

Primary Author: Harold G. Koenig, Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health

From the publisher, Templeton Press, this paperback book offers:

- A practical handbook for physicians, medical students, and residents seeking guidance on integrating spirituality into patient care in a clear easy-to-use format

- A multifaith approach to integrating spirituality into patient care

- Key resources for medical professionals to develop further skills in this significant area

- A ten-session model course curriculum on spirituality and healthcare for medical students and residents, with suggestions on how to adapt it for the training of nurses, social workers, and rehabilitation specialists.

Date Last Modified 09/01/2007 Book, Course curriculum

Suicide: A Clinical-Pastoral Perspective

Primary Author: Susan J. Dunlap, Duke Divinity School

An article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 100, Number 7) describing how an interdisciplinary approach between medical care professionals and pastoral caregivers can help patients and family members heal.

Date Last Modified 07/01/2007 Article