Hancock Health chaplains Russ Jarvis and Laura Baker attended a recent hospital board meeting to share news of a recent award the hospital’s chaplaincy program received — the Excellence in Spiritual ...

The image many individuals may have of hospital spiritual care or chaplaincy is that of a member of the clergy, sister or layperson praying with a patient, a family or loved ones at the bedside. Today ...

The study is the most rigorous and comprehensive analysis to date of scientific literature on health and spirituality. Overlooking spirituality in health care leaves patients feeling disconnected from ...

Each year, MyMichigan Health’s Spiritual Care Conference engages the community in exploring spiritual matters as they relate to health and health care. The purpose of the conference is to help meet ...

One of the most profound programs to help me prepare for my priesthood ordination was enrolling in a Clinical Pastoral Experience, commonly called CPE. I studied for 11 weeks in the summer of 1981 at ...

Zen teachers and gay married priests Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell discuss the importance of relationship in ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — The International Association for Spiritual Care met in Chicago for its annual conference from July 20-22, under the theme “spiritual care as resistance,” which focused on how to ...

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The spiritual aspect of stress often comes to the forefront during times of uncertainty or crisis. In these moments, questions of meaning, faith, and resilience can weigh heavily on individuals and ...

A herbal medicine practitioner, has stressed the need for women to seek urgent medical attention when they find something unusual in their breast, instead of resorting to prayer camps and herbal ...

(The Conversation) — When Americans picture a chaplain, many of them likely think of someone like Father Mulcahy, the Irish American priest who cared for Korean War soldiers in the classic TV show ...

Historically, spirituality and healthcare have supported each other. However, as Western medicine became a highly specialized scientific field, this relationship fractured, and the holistic approach ...