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 Hostility to Hospitality (Oxford University Press), 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.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 theclinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry and serves as president of the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.

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. PeteetPART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-SpecialitiesChapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYNRachel Peragallo and John ThorpChapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in PediatricsRay Barfield and Sarah BartonChapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family MedicineTimothy P. DaalemanChapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in PsychiatryDan G. BlazerChapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal MedicineLydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. SulmasyChapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in SurgeryJohn Tarpley and Margaret TarpleyChapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in GerontologyHarold G. KoenigChapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in OncologyAlan AstrowChapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative MedicineTracy Balboni and Michael BalboniChapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care UnitAlex Cist and Philip ChoiChapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EthicsFarr A. CurlinChapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EducationMarta Herschkopf and Christina PuchalskiChapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in NursingJohn Swinton and Lynn VanderpotPart Two: Scholarly Disciplinary PerspectivesChapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and PsychologyKelly Trevino and Kenneth PargamentChapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological PerspectiveJonathan ImberChapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical PracticeLance D. Laird and L. Linda BarnesChapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient RelationshipMichael P, Moreland and O. Carter SneadChapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical PerspectiveGary B. FerngrenChapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and ReligionJames A. MarcumChapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological ContextBrett McCarty and Warren KinghornPart Three: Synthesis and IntegrationChapter 22. Religion and Health: A SynthesisTyler VanderWeele

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 Hostility to Hospitality (Oxford University Press), 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.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 theclinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry and serves as president of the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.

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. PeteetPART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-SpecialitiesChapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYNRachel Peragallo and John ThorpChapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in PediatricsRay Barfield and Sarah BartonChapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family MedicineTimothy P. DaalemanChapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in PsychiatryDan G. BlazerChapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal MedicineLydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. SulmasyChapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in SurgeryJohn Tarpley and Margaret TarpleyChapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in GerontologyHarold G. KoenigChapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in OncologyAlan AstrowChapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative MedicineTracy Balboni and Michael BalboniChapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care UnitAlex Cist and Philip ChoiChapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EthicsFarr A. CurlinChapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EducationMarta Herschkopf and Christina PuchalskiChapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in NursingJohn Swinton and Lynn VanderpotPart Two: Scholarly Disciplinary PerspectivesChapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and PsychologyKelly Trevino and Kenneth PargamentChapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological PerspectiveJonathan ImberChapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical PracticeLance D. Laird and L. Linda BarnesChapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient RelationshipMichael P, Moreland and O. Carter SneadChapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical PerspectiveGary B. FerngrenChapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and ReligionJames A. MarcumChapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological ContextBrett McCarty and Warren KinghornPart Three: Synthesis and IntegrationChapter 22. Religion and Health: A SynthesisTyler VanderWeele

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 Hostility to Hospitality (Oxford University Press), 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.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 theclinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry and serves as president of the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.

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. PeteetPART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-SpecialitiesChapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYNRachel Peragallo and John ThorpChapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in PediatricsRay Barfield and Sarah BartonChapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family MedicineTimothy P. DaalemanChapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in PsychiatryDan G. BlazerChapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal MedicineLydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. SulmasyChapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in SurgeryJohn Tarpley and Margaret TarpleyChapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in GerontologyHarold G. KoenigChapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in OncologyAlan AstrowChapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative MedicineTracy Balboni and Michael BalboniChapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care UnitAlex Cist and Philip ChoiChapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EthicsFarr A. CurlinChapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EducationMarta Herschkopf and Christina PuchalskiChapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in NursingJohn Swinton and Lynn VanderpotPart Two: Scholarly Disciplinary PerspectivesChapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and PsychologyKelly Trevino and Kenneth PargamentChapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological PerspectiveJonathan ImberChapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical PracticeLance D. Laird and L. Linda BarnesChapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient RelationshipMichael P, Moreland and O. Carter SneadChapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical PerspectiveGary B. FerngrenChapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and ReligionJames A. MarcumChapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological ContextBrett McCarty and Warren KinghornPart Three: Synthesis and IntegrationChapter 22. Religion and Health: A SynthesisTyler VanderWeele