Studies show that spiritual community participation is linked to healthier lives, greater longevity, and less depression and substance abuse. From reviewing almost 600 studies, researchers now ...

Boston, MA—Spirituality should be incorporated into care for both serious illness and overall health, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham ...

A presentation during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting addressed end-of-life care and how it is influenced by patient spirituality. One education session titled “Knowing ...

Spirituality and medicine have a long, intertwined, history. The very emergence of hospitals in the West arose in part out of the hospitality and care provided by monasteries. Many hospitals have ...

Along with screening patients for signs of illness and physical issues, what if elderly care providers also performed a check for spiritual needs? Many nursing home residents rely on spirituality or ...

University of Missouri nurse's research links congregational support and forgiveness with neuroimmune biomarkers. As a 20-year nurse practitioner, Jennifer Hulett, PhD, APRN, noticed breast cancer ...

Improving patient care by widening awareness of spirituality for health and social care clinicians is at the heart of a ground-breaking new book from the University of Huddersfield’s Professor Melanie ...

Spirituality is a core human experience, albeit often ignored or not talked about. Spirituality is often mixed with religion or religious beliefs or practices. Nonetheless, newer definitions of ...

Life’s big questions drew Dr. Victoria Sweet to a career in medicine. “Your job is to deal with birth, suffering and death. It just captivated my imagination,” said Sweet, now a bestselling author and ...

Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 60, No. 1 (February 2021), pp. 153-161 (9 pages) This study aimed to determine the effect of nurses’ attitudes towards death on spirituality and spiritual care.

Guest columnist Chuck Behrens is spiritual care coordinator for Hospice of the Western Reserve. When people hear the word “chaplain,” many think of formal prayer or religious rituals. Some assume ...