• Attitudes of stakeholders and policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care in Israel

    Type Journal Article
    Author Netta Bentur
    Author Shirli Resnitzky
    Author Abram Sterne
    Abstract INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Spiritual-care services and chaplaincy in the medical system are provided to people with serious illnesses, aiming to help them achieve moments of peace and acceptance while contending with illness or facing death. Chaplaincy has been available in Europe and in the U.S. for many decades, but such programs started to develop in Israel only few years ago. This paper examines the attitudes of stakeholders, directors and policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care and the development of such programs. METHOD: We conducted in-depth face-to-face interviews with 16 individuals in the healthcare system. All the interviews were transcribed in full and analyzed using qualitative study methods. FINDINGS: Most of the interviewees had little knowledge of spiritual care and many mentioned barriers and challenges to its implementation in the healthcare system. These issues include: lack of knowledge and understanding about spiritual care precluding impeded their ability to evaluate its suitability for the healthcare services; confusion between spiritual care and religion; concerns about potential conflict with other professionals, especially social workers; barriers to funding of the new services; barriers to the successful integration of new ideas; and concerns about formal training and accreditation of the new profession. IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY: Spiritual care has begun to take root in Israel's health system, but it is still at an early stage of development. Implementation must continue apace and careful consideration must be given to optimizing its acceptance by the establishment.
    Publication Health Policy
    Volume 96
    Issue 1
    Pages 13-19
    Date Jun 2010
    Journal Abbr Health Policy
    DOI 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.006
    ISSN 1872-6054
    Accessed Wed Jul 7 11:33:56 2010
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 20071051
    Date Added Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011
    Modified Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011

  • The Problem of Money: African Agency and Western Medicine in Northern Ghana

    Type Book
    Author Bernhard Bierlich
    Place New York
    Publisher Berghahn Books
    Date 2007
    ISBN 9781845453510
    Short Title The Problem of Money
    Library Catalog library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog
    Call Number GN655.G45 B54 2007
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

    Tags:

    • Dagomba (Ghana)
    • Economic aspects
    • Ghana
    • Medical anthropology
    • Medical innovations
    • Social aspects
    • Social life and customs
    • TRADITIONAL medicine

  • Organizational ethics in health care principles, cases, and practical solutions

    Type Book
    Author Philip Boyle
    Edition 1st ed.
    Place San Francisco
    Publisher Jossey-Bass
    Date 2001
    ISBN 9780787960902
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Crossing the secular divide: government and faith-based organizations as partners in health

    Type Journal Article
    Author Robert G Brooks
    Author Harold G Koenig
    Abstract Recent debate over the relationship between government and faith-based organizations has renewed interest in the opportunities and challenges that are associated with change in this area of health care policy. Experience exists already that faith-based organizations can provide effective health education and services in the community. Limited infrastructure and liability are among the important barriers to their expansion. Spurred by the demographics of an aging population and increasing health care costs, we argue the necessity of further partnering, within well-defined limits, to maximize the availability of health care education and services throughout this nation.
    Publication International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
    Volume 32
    Issue 3
    Pages 223-234
    Date 2002
    Journal Abbr Int J Psychiatry Med
    ISSN 0091-2174
    Short Title Crossing the secular divide
    URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12489698
    Accessed Thu Dec 1 09:24:19 2011
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 12489698
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

    Tags:

    • Cooperative Behavior
    • Government Programs
    • Health Education
    • Health Services
    • Humans
    • Liability, Legal
    • Public health
    • Religion and Psychology
    • spirituality
    • United States

  • Respect life.

    Type Book
    Author Catholic Church.
    Place Washington D.C.
    Publisher Committee for Pro-Life Activities National Conference of Catholic Bishops
    Date 1984
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Medicine of the person faith, science, and values in health care provision

    Type Book
    Author John Cox
    Place London ;;Philadelphia
    Publisher Jessica Kingsley
    Date 2007
    ISBN 9781846425509
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Approaches to family planning in Muslim communities

    Type Journal Article
    Author Najat El Hamri
    Abstract Addressing the cultural and religious beliefs around the issue of family planning has been a big challenge for the international development community. The concept of family planning has raised some concerns regarding its acceptability within Muslim populations. While some Muslim states and organisations have adopted a rather cautious approach to the issue, others have gone to the extent of inviting religious leaders to present religiously sound interpretations (fatwa) on the subject. Alongside these deliberations are some alarming statistics on maternal health. The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide 211 million women become pregnant each year and that about two-thirds of them deliver live infants. The remaining one-third of pregnancies end in miscarriage, stillbirth or induced abortion. Some 200 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for effective contraception. These statistics and the ongoing discussion surrounding family planning in the Muslim communities raise legitimate questions. How is family planning perceived within the Muslim community? Does Islam address the issue of family planning? Is it permissible? How should appropriate family planning programmes within Muslim settings be developed and applied? This article seeks to present the ongoing debate on family planning within the Muslim community and offer recommendations to organisations for effective strategy implementation of family planning programmes within Muslim settings. The article provides a brief background on the historical development of family planning in the Muslim community, and outlines Muslim perceptions on this issue. It concludes with recommendations for non-governmental organisations on how to effectively implement acceptable family planning programmes within Muslim settings.
    Publication The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care / Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
    Volume 36
    Issue 1
    Pages 27-31
    Date Jan 2010
    Journal Abbr J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care
    DOI 10.1783/147118910790291019
    ISSN 1471-1893
    Accessed Sat Jan 23 12:07:56 2010
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 20067669
    Date Added Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011
    Modified Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011

  • The foundations of Christian bioethics

    Type Book
    Author Hugo Engelhardt
    Place Lisse ;;Exton
    Publisher Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers
    Date 2000
    ISBN 9789026515576
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Compassionate respect : a feminist approach to medical ethics and other questions

    Type Book
    Author Margaret Farley
    Place New York
    Publisher Paulist Press
    Date 2002
    ISBN 9780809141159
    Short Title Compassionate respect
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Matters of life and death the role of ethics and faith in modern medicine

    Type Book
    Author Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm);CBS News.;CBS Inc.;FMG ONDemand (Firm)
    Author Ted Holmes
    Place Princeton, NJ :
    Publisher Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
    Date 2003
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Medical ethics: the role of religion and spirituality in building the patient-physician relationship.

    Type Journal Article
    Author D Finkelstein
    Publication Maryland medicine : MM : a publication of MEDCHI, the Maryland State Medical Society
    Volume 9
    Issue 1
    Pages 28
    Date 2008
    ISSN 1538-2656
    Short Title Medical ethics
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Give me strength spirituality in the medical encounter

    Type Book
    Author FSP Media Communications.
    Author Jeanne McCauley
    Place [S.l.] :
    Publisher FSP Media Communications,
    Date 2002
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Seimei rinri ni okeru shūkyō to supirichuariti

    Type Book
    Author Miwa Fujii
    Edition Shohan.
    Place Kyōto-shi
    Publisher Kōyō Shobō
    Date 2010
    ISBN 9784771021242
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Handbook of bioethics and religion

    Type Book
    Author David Guinn
    Place Oxford ;;New York
    Publisher Oxford University Press
    Date 2006
    ISBN 9780195178739
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • On being human : where ethics, medicine, and spirituality converge

    Type Book
    Author Daisaku Ikeda
    Place Santa Monica Calif.
    Publisher Middleway Press
    Date 2003
    ISBN 9780972326711
    Short Title On being human
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Spirituality and medical ethics.

    Type Journal Article
    Author JE Jamison
    Publication The American journal of hospice & palliative care
    Volume 12
    Issue 3
    Pages 41-41-5
    Date 1995
    ISSN 1049-9091
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Use of Traditional Medical Practitioners to Deliver Family Planning Services in Uttar Pradesh

    Type Journal Article
    Author Indra P. Kambo
    Author R. N. Gupta
    Author A. S. Kundu
    Author B. S. Dhillon
    Author H. M. Saxena
    Abstract This pilot study conducted in Muzaffarnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, demonstrates the potential for using traditional medical practitioners in the delivery of family planning services after a brief training period. Practitioners participated continuously in the program for an intervention period of two years during which their services were accepted by the community. The impact of their involvement was reflected in increased knowledge of permanent as well as reversible contraceptive methods and in higher contraceptive use rates, especially of reversible methods adopted by women younger than 25 years (from 8 percent to 37 percent), in the intervention villages, as compared with increased knowledge and use (from 13 percent to 25 percent) of permanent methods alone in the control villages.
    Publication Studies in Family Planning
    Volume 25
    Issue 1
    Pages 32-40
    Date Jan. - Feb., 1994
    ISSN 00393665
    URL http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/2137987
    Accessed Tue Oct 27 22:23:02 2009
    Library Catalog JSTOR
    Extra ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jan. - Feb., 1994 / Copyright © 1994 Population Council
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

  • Culture, Traditional Religion, and Primary Healthcare in Zimbabwe

    Type Book
    Author Takawira Kazembe
    Publisher Lambert Academic Publishing
    Date 2011-04-05
    ISBN 3844327061
    Short Title Culture, Traditional Religion, and Primary Healthcare in Zimbabwe
    Library Catalog Amazon.com
    Date Added Thu Sep 29 08:55:49 2011
    Modified Thu Sep 29 08:55:49 2011

  • Cutting-edge bioethics : a Christian exploration of technologies and trends

    Type Book
    Author John Kilner
    Place Grand Rapids MI
    Publisher W.B. Eerdmans
    Date 2002
    ISBN 9780802849595
    Short Title Cutting-edge bioethics
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • The importance of mandatory religion and spirituality education in the American medical school curriculum

    Type Book
    Author Ashley Mahler
    Date 2009
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Health care ethics : critical issues for the 21st century

    Type Book
    Author Eileen Morrison
    Edition 2nd ed.
    Place Sudbury Mass.
    Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers
    Date 2009
    ISBN 9780763745264
    Short Title Health care ethics
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • African Indigenous Medicine: An Anthropological Perspective for Policy Makers and Primary Health Care Managers

    Type Book
    Author David Nyamwaya
    Place Nairobi
    Publisher African Medical and Research Foundation
    Date 1992
    ISBN 9966874119
    Short Title African Indigenous Medicine
    Library Catalog library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog
    Call Number GN645 .N93 1992
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

    Tags:

    • Africa
    • Attitude to Health
    • Health Policy
    • Kenya
    • Medicine, African Traditional
    • Social life and customs
    • TRADITIONAL medicine

  • Challenges of an aging society : ethical dilemmas, political issues

    Type Book
    Author Rachel Pruchno
    Place Baltimore
    Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
    Date 2007
    ISBN 9780801886485
    Short Title Challenges of an aging society
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Educating for moral action : a sourcebook in health and rehabilitation ethics

    Type Book
    Author Ruth Purtilo
    Place Philadelphia
    Publisher F.A. Davis
    Date 2005
    ISBN 9780803612617
    Short Title Educating for moral action
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Making room for spirituality in ethical decision-making in end of life care : wide reflective equilibrium in practice

    Type Book
    Author Ruth Rashid
    Date 2002
    Short Title Making room for spirituality in ethical decision-making in end of life care
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Spirituality, ethics and care

    Type Book
    Author Simon Robinson
    Place London ;;Philadelphia
    Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
    Date 2008
    ISBN 9781846427176
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Medical ethics for dummies

    Type Book
    Author Jane Runzheimer
    Place Hoboken, N.J. :
    Publisher Wiley,
    Date 2010
    ISBN 9780470878569
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Negotiating the pathways into care in a globalizing world: help-seeking behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents

    Type Journal Article
    Author Gila Schnitzer
    Author Gerrit Loots
    Author Valentin Escudero
    Author Isaac Schechter
    Abstract BACKGROUND The study of the pathways into care as a social process subject to a wide range of influences is needed to build appropriate and effective mental health services for culturally diverse societies. MATERIAL Grounded theory and situational analysis of 21 in-depth interviews explores the help-seeking behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents: which help-seeking pathways parents follow and how they make the decision to consult regular services for their child. DISCUSSION Three help-seeking pathways are influenced by globalization dynamics and gender: parents draw on diverse parenting discourses and strategies, socio-religious frameworks and cultural realities. CONCLUSION Strategies are suggested to enhance the accessibility of services.
    Publication The International Journal of Social Psychiatry
    Volume 57
    Issue 2
    Pages 153-165
    Date Mar 2011
    Journal Abbr Int J Soc Psychiatry
    DOI 10.1177/0020764008105291
    ISSN 1741-2854
    Short Title Negotiating the pathways into care in a globalizing world
    URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21343210
    Accessed Mon Apr 4 19:46:40 2011
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 21343210
    Date Added Thu Sep 29 08:56:31 2011
    Modified Thu Sep 29 08:56:31 2011

  • Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy

    Type Book
    Author Paul Simmons
    Edition 1st ed.
    Place Macon Ga.
    Publisher Mercer University Press
    Date 2008
    ISBN 9780881460858
    Short Title Faith and health
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Regulation In Complementary And Alternative Medicine

    Type Journal Article
    Author Simon Y. Mills
    Publication BMJ: British Medical Journal
    Volume 322
    Issue 7279
    Pages 158-160
    Date Jan. 20, 2001
    ISSN 09598138
    URL http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/25466024
    Accessed Tue Nov 10 01:15:38 2009
    Library Catalog JSTOR
    Extra ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jan. 20, 2001 / Copyright © 2001 BMJ Publishing Group
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

  • National health policy for traditional medicine in India

    Type Journal Article
    Author P Srinivasan
    Abstract External pressures have combined to erode the practice of India's traditional medical systems to such an extent that they are in danger of becoming extinct. A better balanced national health policy could go a long way towards reversing this trend.
    Publication World Health Forum
    Volume 16
    Issue 2
    Pages 190-193
    Date 1995
    Journal Abbr World Health Forum
    ISSN 0251-2432
    URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/7794464
    Accessed Mon Nov 2 02:46:49 2009
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 7794464
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

    Tags:

    • Education, Medical
    • Health Care Rationing
    • Health Policy
    • India
    • Medicine, Ayurvedic
    • Rural Health
    • Sri Lanka

  • Clinician's guide to spirituality

    Type Book
    Author Bowen White
    Place New York :
    Publisher McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division,
    Date 2001
    ISBN 9780071347174
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011

  • Traditional Medicine: Better Science, Policy and Services for Health Development: Proceedings of a WHO International Symposium, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, 11-13 September 2000

    Type Book
    Author WHO International Symposium
    Author World Health Organization
    Place Kobe, Japan
    Publisher World Health Organization
    Date 2001
    Short Title Traditional Medicine
    Library Catalog library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

    Tags:

    • Congresses
    • Health
    • TRADITIONAL medicine

  • Implications for the delivery of spiritual care in Canadian healthcare: a perspective from a Canadian health authority

    Type Journal Article
    Author Gloria J Woodland
    Author Carolyn M Tayler
    Abstract Recognizing multiple challenges in the delivery of spiritual care, Fraser Health conducted a review of their spiritual care services in comparison to the spiritual care delivered in other Canadian health regions/authorities (2005-2006). Based on data received from the other health service areas, Fraser Health staff, and community focus groups, along with a review of literature and best practices, a reconstruction of spiritual care delivery has been initiated. This article outlines the results of a Canadian survey of health care chaplains, stakeholder consultations, and the implications for spiritual care delivery in Canada. The newly developed Fraser Health Tenets and Model for Spiritual Care, along with the recommendations of the project for the reconstruction and enhancement of spiritual care delivery in Fraser Health are discussed.
    Publication The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: JPCC
    Volume 63
    Issue 1-2
    Pages 10-11-10
    Date 2009 Spring-Summer
    Journal Abbr J Pastoral Care Counsel
    ISSN 1542-3050
    Short Title Implications for the delivery of spiritual care in Canadian healthcare
    Accessed Tue Feb 22 18:29:34 2011
    Library Catalog NCBI PubMed
    Extra PMID: 20196358
    Date Added Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011
    Modified Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011

    Tags:

    • Canada
    • Health Care Surveys
    • Humans
    • Interviews as Topic
    • National Health Programs
    • Pastoral Care
    • Review Literature as Topic
    • spirituality

  • Traditional Medicine: Its Contribution to Human Health Development in the New Century: Report of an International Symposium, Kobe, Japan, 6 November 1999

    Type Book
    Author World Health Organization
    Place Kobe, Japan
    Publisher World Health Organization
    Date 2000
    Short Title Traditional Medicine
    Library Catalog library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog
    Date Added Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011
    Modified Sat Oct 1 14:44:04 2011

    Tags:

    • Medicine, Traditional
    • TRADITIONAL medicine

  • Caring for those in crisis : facing ethical dilemmas with patients and families

    Type Book
    Place Grand Rapids Mich.
    Publisher Brazos
    Date 2007
    ISBN 9781587431913
    Short Title Caring for those in crisis
    Library Catalog Open WorldCat
    Date Added Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011
    Modified Thu Dec 1 09:51:48 2011