Spirituality,Religion,and Health

Sulmasy DP Spiritual Issues in the Care of Dying Patients: “ ... It's Okay Between Me and God.” JAMA. 2006;296: 1385-1392.

Koenig HG , McCullough ME , Larson DB Religious Coping: The Patient's Experience. In: Handbook of Religion and Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2001:78-94.

Steinhauser KE , Christakis NA , Clipp EC , McNeilly M. , McIntyre L. , Tulsky JA Factors considered important at the end of life by patients, family, physicians, and other care providers. JAMA. 2000;284(19):2476-2482.

Newberg AB , d'Aquili EG. The neuropsychology of religious and spiritual experience. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2000;7(11-12):251-266.

Lutz A. , Lachaux JP , Martinerie J. , Varela FJ Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: Synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task . Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2002;99:1586-1591.

Pargament KI , Koenig HG , Tarakeshwar N. , Hahn J. Religious coping methods as predictors of psychological, physical and spiritual outcomes among medically ill elderly patients: A two-year longitudinal study. J Health Psychol. 2004;9(6):713-730.

Koenig HG Religion, spirituality, and medicine: Research findings and implications for clinical practice. South Med J. 2004;97(12):1194-1200.

Idler EL , Kasl SV Religion among disabled and nondisabled elderly persons: Cross-sectional patterns in health practices, social activities, and well-being. J Gerontol. 1997;52B:300-305.

Bradley DE Religious involvement and social resources: Evidence from the data set, “Americans' Changing Lives.” J Sci Study Relig. 1995;34:259-267.

Chiu L. , Emblen JD , Vab Hofwegen L. , Sawatzky R. , Meyerhoff H. An integrative review of the concept of spirituality in the health sciences . West J Nurs Res. 2004;26(4):405-428.

Fortin AH , Bearnett KG Medical school curricula in spirituality and medicine. JAMA . 2004; 291:2883.

Koenig HG Spirituality in Patient Care: Why, How, When and What. Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation Press; 2002: 59-76.

Post SG , Puchalski CM , Larson DB Physicians and patient spirituality: professional boundaries, competency, and ethics. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(7):578-583.