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A Dictionary of Patients' Spiritual & Cultural Values for Health Care Professionals

Primary Author: HealthCare Chaplaincy

This is "a guide that is meant to describe beliefs and practices generally found within a particular cultural or religious group." The purpose is to help healthcare providers meet the Joint Commission's requirement for addressing and maintaining patient rights for their cultural, religious, spiritual, and personal values, and religious and other spiritual practices to be accommodated. Sections include:

Western Religions: Comparison of Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions; Judaism; Christianity; Christian Science; Eastern Orthodox; Jehovah's Witness; Mormonism; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism; Seventh-day Adventism; Islam (Muslim); Sunni vs. Shiite

Eastern Religions: Buddhism; Hinduism; Sikhism

Other Religions: Baha'i; Native American; Rastafarian Movement; Santeria; Voodoo; Wicca

Major American Cultures: African-American/Black Culture; Hispanic-American Culture; Native American Culture

African Cultures: Somali-American Culture; Caribbean Cultures; Cuban-American Culture; Haitian-American Culture; Jamaican-American Culture

Middle East/South Asian Cultures: Arab-American Culture; East Indian-American Culture; Iranian-American Culture

East Asian Cultures: Chinese-American Culture; Filipino-American Culture; Japanese-American Culture; Korean-American Culture; Vietnamese-American Culture

Euro-Asian Cultures: Gypsy/Roma Culture; Russian-American Culture

Date Last Modified 09/01/2009 Manual/guide, Report/Document/Book chapter

A Time for Listening and Caring Spirituality and the Care of the Chronically Ill and Dying

Primary Author: Christina M. Puchalski, GWish: The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health

A thoughtful, informative, and practical guide for anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or dying. This book covers how spiritual care can be integrated into traditional caregiving. Part one discusses aspects of spirituality, such as presence, ethics, and relationships. Part two delves into a number of specific religious and theological traditions. Part three offers practical applications and tools, including storytelling, psychotherapy, dance, music, and the arts. Part four focuses on patients' stories and reflections.

Date Last Modified 06/01/2006 Book

Bioethics for clinicians: Catholic bioethics

Primary Author: Hazel Markwell, Centre for Clinical Ethics

Article from CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association) describing the the central tenets of Catholicism for clinicians and issues that may arise in clinical practice.

Date Last Modified 07/24/2001 Article

Health Care & Spirituality: Listening, Assessing, Caring

Primary Author: Richard B. Gilbert, The World Pastoral Care Center

This book is an anthology covering healthcare professionals and the healthcare work place. It includes chapters on:

- The Roman Catholic patient
- The Jewish patient
- The Native American patient
- The Male patient
- The Female patient
- The Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgendered patient
- The Chronically Ill patient
- The HIV-AIDS patient
- The Alzheimer's patient
- The Obstetrics patient
- The Trauma patient
- The Addicted patient
- The Victim of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Date Last Modified 01/01/2000 Book

Hope and the Care of the Dying Patient: A Catholic, Christian Perspective

Primary Author: Daniel P. Sulmasy, University of Chicago

Essay published in The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine

Date Last Modified 05/10/2002 Essay
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