Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine

John R. Peteet is a psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has authored or co-edited several books and numerous papers on the clinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry and serves as president of the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.Michael J. Balboni is a theologian and social-scientific researcher at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is co-director of the Initiative on Health, Religion, and Spirituality at Harvard University and co-leads the National Conference on Medicine and Religion. His empirical research focuses on describing the spiritual beliefs and practices of patients, clinicians, and religious communities in end-of-life care. His theological work examines religion and spirituality within secular medical contexts, including his forthcoming book with OUP, Hostility to Hospitality, co-written with Tracy Balboni, MD. He is Senior Minister to the Longwood Christian Community, an intentional religious community of healthcare students and professionals in Boston.

This volume has as its subtitle "from evidence to practice," which aptly describes what the collection of chapters is all about. It presents a comprehensive overview of evidence and practice related to religion/spirituality in medicine—a useful text for anyone conducting research in this field and an essential reading for anyone looking to learn more about the complex ways that religion and spirituality interface with health and health care.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Michael J. Balboni and John R. Peteet PART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-Specialities Chapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYNRachel Peragallo and John Thorp Chapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in PediatricsRay Barfield and Sarah Barton Chapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family MedicineTimothy P. Daaleman Chapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in PsychiatryDan G. Blazer Chapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal MedicineLydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. Sulmasy Chapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in Surgery John Tarpley and Margaret Tarpley Chapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in GerontologyHarold G. Koenig Chapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in OncologyAlan Astrow Chapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative MedicineTracy Balboni and Michael Balboni Chapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care UnitAlex Cist and Philip Choi Chapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EthicsFarr A. Curlin Chapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EducationMarta Herschkopf and Christina Puchalski Chapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in NursingJohn Swinton and Lynn Vanderpot Part Two: Scholarly Disciplinary Perspectives Chapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and PsychologyKelly Trevino and Kenneth Pargament Chapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological PerspectiveJonathan Imber Chapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical PracticeLance D. Laird and L. Linda Barnes Chapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient RelationshipMichael P, Moreland and O. Carter Snead Chapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical PerspectiveGary B. Ferngren Chapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and ReligionJames A. Marcum Chapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological ContextBrett McCarty and Warren Kinghorn Part Three: Synthesis and Integration Chapter 22. Religion and Health: A SynthesisTyler VanderWeele