News articles tagged with 'spirituality'
Relationships hold key to spiritual care
— 24 Jul 2010 10:22 | HealthRelationships hold the key to giving terminally ill patients the spiritual care they need. However, researchers have pinpointed a mismatch between patients' expectations and understanding…
Words to the wise: Experts define wisdom
— 8 May 2010 17:51 | HealthCompassion. Self-understanding. Morality. Emotional stability. These words would seem to describe at least some of the universal traits attributed to wisdom, each of them broadly recognised…
Rice sociologist looks at paediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality
— 12 Nov 2009 09:29 | HealthPaediatricians and paediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear…
Religion and medicine: Sometimes a healing prescription
— 5 Nov 2009 11:59 | HealthDo paediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating?…
Vast majority of physicians satisfied with hospital chaplain services
— 28 Oct 2009 11:32 | HealthA national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. Physicians in the Northeast…
Walton College to establish centre in faith and spirituality in the workplace
— 8 May 2009 05:25 | HealthThrough a $2 million gift from the Tyson Family Foundation and Tyson Foods Inc., the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is establishing the Tyson Centre…
Spirituality is key to children's happiness
— 9 Jan 2009 16:46 | HealthTo make children happier, we may need to encourage them to develop a strong sense of personal worth, according to Dr Mark Holder from the University of British Columbia in Canada and…
When the spirit moves into the hospital
— 20 Jun 2008 11:48 | HealthDespite changes over the last fifteen years in national accreditation guidelines making the religious and spiritual care of hospitalised patients a right, there is no evidence yet that…
Religion habit cuts anxiety in women
— 1 Jan 2008 17:34 | HealthFor many, religious activity changes between childhood and adulthood, and a new study finds this could affect one's mental health. According to Temple University's Joanna Maselko, Sc.D.,…
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