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Patient Perspectives on Spirituality and the Patient-Physican RelationshipPrimary Author: Randy S. Herbert, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine describing an in-depth study of 22 patients hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. The authors found that all participants stressed the importance of physician empathy, but physician-initiated conversation without a strong patient-physician relationship was viewed as inappropriate.
Date Last Modified 10/16/2001
Article
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Policies and Tools for Hospital Palliative Care Programs: A Crosswalk of National Quality Forum Preferred PracticesPrimary Author: The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) This document provides a compilation of policies and tools to help palliative care programs meet the NQFs Preferred Practices. Page 59 contains a sample Spiritual Care Assessment form.
Date Last Modified 12/31/2007
Report/Document/Book chapter, On-the-job tool
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Preferred Practices from the National Quality Forum (NQF) Consensus ReportPrimary Author: The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) A 3-page document listing all of the preferred practices from the National Quality Forum (NQF) Consensus Report: Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality. The Center to Advance Palliative Care created and distributed this document courtesy of the National Consensus Project. Spiritual assessment and spiritual care services are included in the preferred practices.
Date Last Modified 12/01/2006
Report/Document/Book chapter
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Providing spiritual care to the terminally ill older adult: Complete SummaryPrimary Author: National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Summary by the National Guideline Clearinghouse of the practice guideline produced by the University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center. The summary provides grades for the strength of the evidence used to produce the recommendations.
Date Last Modified 12/01/2006
Clinical practice guidelines
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The Rebirth of the ClinicPrimary 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
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