To our knowledge, there are no data available regarding the appropriate role of pharmacists in spiritual assessment or spiritual care. In lieu of pharmacist-specific data, we will examine the ...

Can we really talk about spirituality as if it had something to do with mental health? More and more we are seeing that mental health and health professionals are being required by ethics to round out ...

The multidisciplinary and holistic assessment of older people allows health professionals to gain insight into their individual needs. The spiritual domain is one of five key domains that need to be ...

Spiritual well-being is a major issue in health care, but instruments for measuring this construct in adolescents are lacking. This study adapted the 12-item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness ...

Some hospitals are beginning to embrace spiritual support programs for patients, but few go as deep as the Congregational Care Network at Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health System, NPR ...

At the turn of the century, the Joint Commission—the nation's largest health care accrediting organization—began requiring spiritual assessments in hospitals and many other mental health settings ...

Can we really talk about spirituality as if it has something to do with mental health? More and more, we are seeing that mental health and health professionals are being required by ethics to round ...

Spiritual care part of recovery at Catholic hospitals Davenport, Iowa, Mar 21, 2009 / 11:58 am Late last year, Larry Dingman was suffering from a painful spinal infection that put him in “sheer misery ...

As the pastor of a small church, I am responsible to plan worship and preach the sermon, as well as actually leading the music. In planning I work to make it flow with the same theme. Although not ...

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Spiritual assessment addresses religious issues and spiritual factors that affect a patient's sense of wholeness and allows the physician, pharmacist, or other health care professional to openly ...