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A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts

Primary Author: Daniel P. Sulmasy, University of Chicago

In this book Sulmasy "draws from philosophical and theological sources—specifically, Hebrew and Christian scripture—to illuminate how the art of healing is integrally tied to a sense of the divine and our ultimate interconnectedness... [He] addresses the spiritual malaise that physicians, nurses, and other health care workers experience in their professional lives, and explores how these Christian healers can be inspired to persevere in the care of the sick".

Date Last Modified 09/01/2006 Book

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

Becoming Fire: A Freudian Psychoanalyst's Spiritual Journey

Primary Author: Sally K. Severino, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

A memoir that discusses "how to synthesize spiritual beliefs and science, our inner lives and our work in the world....the journey of an ordinary person who discovers the extraordinary—faith in God—amidst the atheism of the Freudian path."

Date Last Modified 04/17/2009 Book

Empathy and the Practice of Medicine: Beyond Pills and the Scalpel

Primary Author: Howard M. Spiro, Yale University School of Medicine

From the publisher:

"The book—a collection of essays by physicians, philosophers, and a nurse—is divided into three parts: one deals with how empathy is weakened or lost during the course of medical education and suggests how to remedy this; another describes the historical and philosophical origins of empathy and provides arguments for and against it; and a third section offers compelling accounts of how physicians' empathy for their patients has affected their own lives and the lives of those in their care."

Date Last Modified 12/31/1993 Book

Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives

Primary Author: James L. Griffith, GWUMC

Primarily written for psychotherapists, counselors, and others working in mental health, this book serves as a guide to "exploring the creative and healing possibilities in clients' spiritual and religious experience. Vivid personal accounts and dialogues bring to life the ways spirituality may influence the stories told in therapy, the language and metaphors used, and the meanings brought to key relationships and events. Applications are discussed for a wide variety of clinical situations, including helping people resolve relationship problems, manage psychiatric symptoms, and cope with medical illnesses".

Date Last Modified 07/01/2003 Book

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