Spirituality in Patient Care

Why How When & What

Harold Koenig (Autor)

Audio-CD

277 Seiten

2005 | New edition
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-932031-86-7 (ISBN)

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There is emerging research that demonstrates the effect of one's spiritual beliefs on health and well-being. This audio explains the whys, hows, whens and whats of addressing these spiritual issues and is intended as a guide for practicing physicians, medical students and residents to help identify and address the spiritual needs of patients.

This book is intended as a guide for practicing physicians, medical students, and residents to help identify and address the spiritual needs of patients. Those who will benefit most will be physicians who wish to know how to integrate spirituality into clinical practice in an effective and sensitive manner. Other professionals, such as nurses and chaplains, may use this book as they interact with doctors, other health professionals, and hospital administrators.

Harold G. Koenig, M.D., is associate professor of psychiatry and associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is the director and founder of the Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health, is editor of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, editor-in-chief of Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with over 150 scientific peer-reviewed articles, 35 book chapters, and 16 books. His most recent book is The Handbook of Religion and Health: A Century of Research Reviewed. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2007
Verlagsort	Radnor
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-932031-86-3 / 1932031863
ISBN-13	978-1-932031-86-7 / 9781932031867
Zustand	Neuware