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The Role of Spirituality Healing with Perceptions of the Medical Encounter Among Latinos

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

In this article, the authors examine the association between spirituality healing of Latinos and their attitudes of self-reported perceptions about the medical encounter.

Access to Conventional Medical Care and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

January 1, 2005 | Journal Article

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States has greatly increased during the past decade. Using survey data from the 2002 National Health interview Survey (NHIS), we show that adults who did not get, or delayed, need ...

Attention to Inpatients' Religious and Spiritual Concerns

November 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Hospitals may be leaving their patients' religious and spiritual needs unfulfilled despite believing they ought to be more involved, evidence suggests that a low percentage of physicians actually have religious or spiritual discussions with patients.

Mind, Body and Spirit the Focus of Conference on Health in Later Life

April 1, 2002 | Program Results Report

In 2001, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., held a two-day conference that explored the potential for cooperation between religious communities and health care systems in meeting the health care needs of the nation's rapidly increasing elderly population.

Effects of Complementary Therapy on Health in a National US Sample of Older Adults

July 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This article looked at whether the use of biologically-based therapies, body-based therapies, or other alternative therapies were associated with a variety of quality-of-life outcomes among respondents age 55 and older.

1999 Conference Encourages Clergy to Work with Physicians to Improve Care of Dying Patients

April 29, 2003 | Program Results Report

In 1999, the Center to Improve Care of the Dying at George Washington University brought 40 physicians and clergy members together at a conference meant to address areas of common interest concerning the interfaith and interdisciplinary importance of end-of-life care.

Preventing Hysterectomy Among African-American Women

December 1, 2001 | Program Results Report

The Wholistic Health & Healing Association conducted a two-day forum in Sacramento, Calif., in April 2000 on uterine fibroids and African-American women.

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