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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.

Complementary Care Programs are Becoming an Accepted Alternative by Patients and Insurers

January 1, 1998 | Program Result

From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.

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.

"Compassion Sabbath" Trains Clergy to Help Those at End of Life

March 1, 2004 | Program Result

From 1998 to 2000, the Midwest Bioethics Center (now called the Center for Practical Bioethics) developed and led Compassion Sabbath, a multi-faith initiative to help clergy and religious leaders develop tools for addressing the spiritual needs of seriously ill and dying persons in Greater Kansas City.

A Getaway to a Lakeside Camp Lifts Spirits Through Exercise, Art and Memory

July 1, 2001 | Program Result

From 1997 to 2000, staff at the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation established a retreat program for breast cancer survivors and conducted a pilot study of the retreat's effectiveness.

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

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

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.

New York City-Based Hispanic Clergy Complete Mental Health Training Program to Better Serve Their Congregations

March 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Blanton-Peale Institute refined, strengthened and expanded its training program in mental health counseling for Hispanic pastors serving inner city congregations that it had developed with prior funding from RWJF.

Medical Care Often Clashes with Cultural/Religious Rituals at End-of-Life

September 1, 1998 | Program Result

The Park Ridge Center, Chicago, held a one-day seminar in 1997 in which experts, practitioners, and lay people explored the role of rituals in End-of-Life care in institutionalized settings.

Conference Offers Ways to Improve Care for Patients Facing the End of Life

December 1, 1998 | Program Result

In 1997, the Colorado Collaboration on End-of-Life Care (CCELC), a consortium of public and private groups, sponsored a conference with the goal of developing a replicable model of hospice/palliative care that can be used by an integrated delivery system to optimize appropriate interdisciplinary and holistic End-of-Life care.

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