Spirituality, Religion and Health Care
Reviews the nursing literature for the past 20 years on spiritual practices.
CINAHL
AN: 2009668486 NLM Unique Identifier: 17728565.
Como JM.
Spiritual practice: a literature review related to spiritual health and health outcomes.
Holistic Nursing Practice. 2007 Sep-Oct; 21(5): 224-36.
Since a spiritual assessment is required for accreditation in the US this article provides guidelines.
CINAHL
AN: 2009361509 NLM Unique Identifier: 17152630.
Hodge DR.
A template for spiritual assessment: a review of the JCAHO requirements and guidelines for implementation.
Social Work. 2006 Oct; 51(4): 317-26.
Review of research evaluating relation between religious involvement and health among older people.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646760
Krause N.
Religion, aging, and health: exploring new frontiers in medical care.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1215-22, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Can religion improve health? “While the debate rages in journals and med schools, more Americans ask for doctors' prayers.”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004137466.
Kalb C.
Faith & healing.
Newsweek. 142(19):44-50,53-4, 56, 2003 Nov 10.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Spirituality may enhance public health interventions designed to promote health and prevention.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003035641
Musgrave CF. Allen CE. Allen GJ.
Rural health and women of color. Spirituality and health for women of color.
American Journal of Public Health. 92(4):557-60, 2002 Apr.
Full text via ProQuest & Ebscohost
Awareness of faith traditions is part of providing culturally competent care.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2000021702
Leonard BJ. Plotnikoff GA.
Awareness: the heart of cultural competence.
AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care. 11(1):51-9, 2000 Feb.
Full text via Ovid
Spirituality, Religion and Cancer
Religious coping functions in a complex manner in prostate cancer survival and may be used to help cancer survivors.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005056726.
Gall TL.
The role of religious coping in adjustment to prostate cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 27(6):454-61, 2004 Nov-Dec.
Full text via Ovid 1996-
Review of research of relationship of religiosity and spirituality with adjustment to cancer. Faith-based communities especially provide support in minority communities.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646759
Weaver AJ. Flannelly KJ.
The role of religion/spirituality for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1210-4, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Study of spiritual needs of patients with cancer and family caregivers
Using semi-structured interviews of African-American and Euro-Americans.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139440
Spiritual needs of patients with cancer and family caregivers.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):260-6, 2003 Aug.
Full text via Ovid
Caregivers of ovarian cancer patients experience poor quality of life stemming from feelings of lack of control and helplessness.
PsycINFO Database
Accession Number: 2002-06993-002.
Ferrell B. Ervin K. Smith S. Marek T. Melancon C.
Family perspectives of ovarian cancer.
Cancer Practice. 10(6)269-276, 2002 Nov.
To find articles, relayed to spirituality and religion in cancer, perform a search for “spiritual” on this site.
Cancer Supportive Care
Spiritual Beliefs—Assessment and Models for Health Care Professionals
Model for spiritual assessment in clinical settings.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005072530
Hodge DR.
Spiritual lifemaps: a client-centered pictorial instrument for spiritual assessment, planning, and intervention.
Social Work. 50(1):77-87, 2005 Jan.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Model of the physician as the generalist in spiritual care and the chaplain as the specialist in primary care.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646763
Handzo G. Koenig HG.
Spiritual care: whose job is it anyway?.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1242-4, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
A model to enable health professionals to deliver spiritual and religious care.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005101766.
Gordon T. Mitchell D.
A competency model for the assessment and delivery of spiritual care.
Palliative Medicine. 18(7):646-51, 2004 Oct.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Teaching strategies in community health to increase spiritual sensitivity in nursing students.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001107402
Catanzaro AM. McMullen KA.
Increasing nursing students' spiritual sensitivity.
Nurse Educator. 26(5):221-6, 2001 Sep-Oct.
Full text via Ovid
A spiritual assessment instrument includes a spiritual history and an interpretive framework.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001095198
Hodge, DR
Spiritual assessment: a review of major qualitative methods and a new framework for assessing spirituality.
Social Work. 46(3):203-14, 2001 Jul.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Specific Religious Beliefs
Overview of Jewish customs surrounding reproductive health care of orthodox women.
CINAHL
AN: 2009766536 NLM Unique Identifier: 18164435.
Berkowitz B. Cultural aspects in the care of the orthodox Jewish woman.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 2008 Jan-Feb; 53(1): 62-7.
Conducted an ethnographic content analysis to examine how Muslims are portrayed in the Medline literature.
CINAHL
AN: 2009883960 NLM Unique Identifier: 17767988.
Laird LD. de Marrais J. Barnes LL.
Portraying Islam and Muslims in MEDLINE: a content analysis.
Social Science & Medicine. 2007 Dec; 65(12): 2425-39.
Overview of caring for patients of various schools of Buddhism.
CINAHL
AN: 2009240981.
Smith-Stoner M.
Caring for patients of diverse religious traditions: considerations for Buddhist clients in health care.
Home Healthcare Nurse. 2006 Jul-Aug; 24(7): 459-68.
Beliefs of Muslims and implications for practice settings.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005083544.
Hodge DR.
Social work and the House of Islam: orienting practitioners to the belief and values of Muslims in the United States.
Social Work. 50(2):162-73, 2005 Apr.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Hindu beliefs and practice with Hindi clients.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004113432
Hodge DR.
Working with Hindu clients in a spiritually sensitive manner.
Social Work. 49(1):27-38, 2004 Jan.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform streams of Jewish practice span a range of practices.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003163524
Lewis JA.
Jewish perspectives on pregnancy and childbearing.
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 28(5):306-12, 2003 Sep-Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Central American health beliefs and practices are largely influenced by religious and indigenous worldviews.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003086041
Murguia A. Peterson RA. Zea MC.
Use and implications of ethnomedical health care approaches among Central American immigrants.
Health and Social Work. 28(1):43-51, 2003 Feb.
Full text via ProQuest, Ebscohost
Using Native beliefs to deal with health challenges.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004031138
Napoli M.
Views on complementary and alternative medicine. Holistic health care for Native women: an integrated model.
American Journal of Public Health. 92(10):1573-5, 2002 Oct.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Relationship of culture, folk religion and health care. Based on a true story, this book illustrates the importance of culturally appropriate communication and understanding of ethnic beliefs and values.
Fadiman A.: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
ISBN: 0374525641
Reviews the nursing literature for the past 20 years on spiritual practices.
CINAHL
AN: 2009668486 NLM Unique Identifier: 17728565.
Como JM.
Spiritual practice: a literature review related to spiritual health and health outcomes.
Holistic Nursing Practice. 2007 Sep-Oct; 21(5): 224-36.
Religious coping functions in a complex manner in prostate cancer survival and may be used to help cancer survivors.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005056726.
Gall TL.
The role of religious coping in adjustment to prostate cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 27(6):454-61, 2004 Nov-Dec.
Full text via Ovid 1996-
Overview of Jewish customs surrounding reproductive health care of orthodox women.
CINAHL
AN: 2009766536 NLM Unique Identifier: 18164435.
Berkowitz B. Cultural aspects in the care of the orthodox Jewish woman.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 2008 Jan-Feb; 53(1): 62-7.
Model for spiritual assessment in clinical settings.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005072530
Hodge DR.
Spiritual lifemaps: a client-centered pictorial instrument for spiritual assessment, planning, and intervention.
Social Work. 50(1):77-87, 2005 Jan.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Model of the physician as the generalist in spiritual care and the chaplain as the specialist in primary care.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646763
Handzo G. Koenig HG.
Spiritual care: whose job is it anyway?.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1242-4, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Conducted an ethnographic content analysis to examine how Muslims are portrayed in the Medline literature.
CINAHL
AN: 2009883960 NLM Unique Identifier: 17767988.
Laird LD. de Marrais J. Barnes LL.
Portraying Islam and Muslims in MEDLINE: a content analysis.
Social Science & Medicine. 2007 Dec; 65(12): 2425-39.
Review of research of relationship of religiosity and spirituality with adjustment to cancer. Faith-based communities especially provide support in minority communities.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646759
Weaver AJ. Flannelly KJ.
The role of religion/spirituality for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1210-4, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Since a spiritual assessment is required for accreditation in the US this article provides guidelines.
CINAHL
AN: 2009361509 NLM Unique Identifier: 17152630.
Hodge DR.
A template for spiritual assessment: a review of the JCAHO requirements and guidelines for implementation.
Social Work. 2006 Oct; 51(4): 317-26.
Review of research evaluating relation between religious involvement and health among older people.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15646760
Krause N.
Religion, aging, and health: exploring new frontiers in medical care.
Southern Medical Journal. 97(12):1215-22, 2004 Dec.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Study of spiritual needs of patients with cancer and family caregivers
Using semi-structured interviews of African-American and Euro-Americans.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139440
Spiritual needs of patients with cancer and family caregivers.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):260-6, 2003 Aug.
Full text via Ovid
Overview of caring for patients of various schools of Buddhism.
CINAHL
AN: 2009240981.
Smith-Stoner M.
Caring for patients of diverse religious traditions: considerations for Buddhist clients in health care.
Home Healthcare Nurse. 2006 Jul-Aug; 24(7): 459-68.
A model to enable health professionals to deliver spiritual and religious care.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005101766.
Gordon T. Mitchell D.
A competency model for the assessment and delivery of spiritual care.
Palliative Medicine. 18(7):646-51, 2004 Oct.
Full text via EBSCOhost
Teaching strategies in community health to increase spiritual sensitivity in nursing students.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001107402
Catanzaro AM. McMullen KA.
Increasing nursing students' spiritual sensitivity.
Nurse Educator. 26(5):221-6, 2001 Sep-Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Beliefs of Muslims and implications for practice settings.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005083544.
Hodge DR.
Social work and the House of Islam: orienting practitioners to the belief and values of Muslims in the United States.
Social Work. 50(2):162-73, 2005 Apr.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Caregivers of ovarian cancer patients experience poor quality of life stemming from feelings of lack of control and helplessness.
PsycINFO Database
Accession Number: 2002-06993-002.
Ferrell B. Ervin K. Smith S. Marek T. Melancon C.
Family perspectives of ovarian cancer.
Cancer Practice. 10(6)269-276, 2002 Nov.
Can religion improve health? “While the debate rages in journals and med schools, more Americans ask for doctors' prayers.”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004137466.
Kalb C.
Faith & healing.
Newsweek. 142(19):44-50,53-4, 56, 2003 Nov 10.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Spirituality may enhance public health interventions designed to promote health and prevention.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003035641
Musgrave CF. Allen CE. Allen GJ.
Rural health and women of color. Spirituality and health for women of color.
American Journal of Public Health. 92(4):557-60, 2002 Apr.
Full text via ProQuest & Ebscohost
To find articles, relayed to spirituality and religion in cancer, perform a search for “spiritual” on this site.
Cancer Supportive Care
Hindu beliefs and practice with Hindi clients.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004113432
Hodge DR.
Working with Hindu clients in a spiritually sensitive manner.
Social Work. 49(1):27-38, 2004 Jan.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
A spiritual assessment instrument includes a spiritual history and an interpretive framework.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001095198
Hodge, DR
Spiritual assessment: a review of major qualitative methods and a new framework for assessing spirituality.
Social Work. 46(3):203-14, 2001 Jul.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform streams of Jewish practice span a range of practices.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003163524
Lewis JA.
Jewish perspectives on pregnancy and childbearing.
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 28(5):306-12, 2003 Sep-Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Awareness of faith traditions is part of providing culturally competent care.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2000021702
Leonard BJ. Plotnikoff GA.
Awareness: the heart of cultural competence.
AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care. 11(1):51-9, 2000 Feb.
Full text via Ovid
Central American health beliefs and practices are largely influenced by religious and indigenous worldviews.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003086041
Murguia A. Peterson RA. Zea MC.
Use and implications of ethnomedical health care approaches among Central American immigrants.
Health and Social Work. 28(1):43-51, 2003 Feb.
Full text via ProQuest, Ebscohost
Using Native beliefs to deal with health challenges.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004031138
Napoli M.
Views on complementary and alternative medicine. Holistic health care for Native women: an integrated model.
American Journal of Public Health. 92(10):1573-5, 2002 Oct.
Full text via EBSCOhost & ProQuest
Relationship of culture, folk religion and health care. Based on a true story, this book illustrates the importance of culturally appropriate communication and understanding of ethnic beliefs and values.
Fadiman A.: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
ISBN: 0374525641