PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Howard Brody
AU  - Jeffrey L. Cardinal
AU  - John P. Foglio
TI  - Addressing Spiritual Concerns in Family Medicine: A Team Approach
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.17.3.201
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
PG  - 201--206
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/3/201.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/3/201.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2004 May 01; 17
AB  - Spiritual conflicts and concerns often accompany serious illness, but many family physicians are slow to recognize these concerns or unsure how to address them. The case of a patient with spinal cord injury and who later developed an astrocytoma is used to illustrate a team approach that involved a family physician, a spiritual counselor, and a psychologist. Narrative writing exercises in which the patient was encouraged to tell his own story also played a role in treatment. The case report includes the patient’s own description of his experience with spirituality and spiritual counseling, as well as the perspectives of the spiritual counselor.