Pain and Spirituality
Teaching in the field of pain medicine seems to be dominated by emphasis on pain as a symptom. This is a natural response to the scientism that dominates our medical training, thinking and [...]
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The Role of Spirituality and Religiosity in Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disease: A Review of the Literature
Purpose: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious debilitating chronic illness, affecting approximately 90,000 Americans and millions globally. Spirituality and religiosity (S/R) may ease the [...]
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Muslim breast cancer surviver spirituality: coping strategy or health seeking behavior hindrance?
This Iranian study of 39 breast cancer survivors found that they “strongly attributed their cancer to the will of God” but “at the same time, they reported that they have been [...]
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Relationship between spiritual coping and survival in patients with HIV
BACKGROUND: Studies of spirituality in initially healthy people have shown a survival advantage, yet there are fewer research studies in the medically ill, despite the widespread use [...]
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Developing Agreed and Accepted Understandings of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Concepts among Members of an Innovative Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland
A Spirituality Interest Group (SIG) was set up in in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland (ROI), in March 2013. This paper reports on some of the [...]
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