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Religious Diversity: Practical Points for Health Care Providers

Primary Author: John Ehman, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania & Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Printable tipsheet for health care providers to use when caring for patients from a number of different religious traditions. These are not comprehensive descriptions but rather practical items that may affect a patient, family, and care team during a hospitalization. Includes points for Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim, and Pentecostal patients.

This is also available as a tri-fold brochure. Contact the author, Chaplain John Ehman at the Department of Pastoral Care in the University of Pennsylvania Health System: john.ehman@uphs.upenn.edu

Date Last Modified 02/19/2009 On-the-job tool

The role of spirituality in health care

Primary Author: Christina M Puchalski, George Washington University Medical Center

Article published in Proceedings (Baylor University Medical Center). Discusses elements of compassionate care, reviews some research on the role of spirituality in health care, highlights advantages of understanding patients' spirituality, explains ways to practice spiritual care, and summarizes some national efforts to incorporate spirituality into medicine.

Date Last Modified 10/01/2001 Article

Spiritual and Cultural Aspects of Palliative Care and The Interdisciplinary Team

Primary Author: Yale School of Medicine

Case 2 of the Yale Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Educational Program is an interactive computer-based clinical case of a woman with metastatic breast cancer. The objectives are for students to:

- Understand the basic precepts and goals of Palliative Care.
- Recognize common misconceptions about opioids (pain medication).
- Identify the importance of addressing the spiritual and cultural needs of a patient with terminal illness and understand how to get these needs met.
- Understand the clinical features of imminent death and how to help the patient and family during this time.
- Recognize the contributions of all health care professionals and understand the importance of the interdisciplinary team in the care of the patient with terminal illness.

Students are asked to reflect on aspects of the case.

Note: The module is accessible to anyone, but you will need to respond to five brief demographic questions.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2008 Tutorial, Case example/study, Standardized Patient Case

Spiritual Assessment in Clinical Practice

Primary Author: Christina M Puchalski, George Washington University Medical Center

Multimedia guide to assessing the spiritual beliefs, values, and practices important in patients' responses to illness or stress.

Date Last Modified 01/01/2009 Tutorial, Video

Spirituality, Religious Wisdom and the Care of the Patient

Primary Author: The Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College

Video from a 2004 interfaith conference that seeks to educate health care professionals about how different religious traditions view medicine and illness, and help them evaluate their own responses to the demands of caring for seriously ill patients.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2004 Video, Lecture presentation