Physicians are confronted with new information from the popular media, peer-reviewed
journals, and their patients regarding the association of religious and spiritual factors with …

Background: Despite expansive medical literature regarding spirituality and medicine, little
is known about physician beliefs regarding the influence of religion on health. Methods …

The public has shown increasing interest in the interplay of religion, spirituality, and health,
but many physicians are either openly skeptical or unsure how best to respond. Religion …

This issue of The Southern Medical Journal inaugurates the Journal's Spirituality/Medicine
Interface Project. The project is crucial because it represents the first time that a mainstream …

Understand and make use of the connections between health and religion to improve your
practice! Research points to a clear link between people's religious beliefs and practices …

Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive
evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and medicine evaluating current …

Praise for the previous edition:“I highly recommend this book as reading for all physicians
and would certainly recommend it for any course on medical ethics and/or required reading …

Religion and spirituality in the United States have been shifting, and physicians are treating
patients with increasingly diverse beliefs. Physicians' unfamiliarity with these beliefs poses …

Clinical studies are beginning to clarify how spirituality and religion can contribute to the
coping strategies of many patients with severe, chronic, and terminal conditions. The ethical …

Though spirituality can help patients cope with illness, several studies have suggested that
physicians view spirituality differently than do patients. These issues have not been …