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An ethnographic research about the conceptions of spiritual health held by the Kendu hospital staff members, patients and the inhabitants of the Kendu Bay village. Short visual overview of the Study w

Primary Author: Ikali Olavi Karvinen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio

Research abstract: Spiritual health.

Date Last Modified 07/20/2010 Article

The Unbroken Circle

Primary Author: James L. Brooks, M.Div., Duke University Institute on Care at the End of Life

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Date Last Modified 03/31/2009 Book

Handbook of Religion and Health

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

This hardcover book provides a comprehensive look at the effects religion has on physical and mental health.

Date Last Modified 12/01/2000 Book

The Medical Manual for Religio-Cultural Competence: Caring for Religiously Diverse Populations

Primary Author: Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

This book "details how religious traditions and practices affect medical decisions in ten major world religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shinto, Traditional Chinese, American Indian & Alaska Natives and Afro-Caribbean." It is a guidebook for medical practice.

Date Last Modified 12/01/2009 Book

Culturally Competent Care for Muslim Patients

Primary Author: Karen Peterson-Iyer, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

A set of patient cases that target some of the most common cultural and religious issues that arise in clinical health care settings for Muslim immigrants. Cases include "Confronting a Fetal Abnormality" and "Cancer: A Failure to Communicate." Includes detailed case descriptions followed by reflections by several experts.

Developed by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

Date Last Modified 01/01/2008 Case example/study, Website