Deep Doctoring: Spiritual Inquiry in the Doctor-Patient Relationship by Joseph Rotella, M.D., F.A.C.P. Do Patients Welcome Spiritual Inquiry From Doctors? What is a Medical Spiritual Assessment? What Language Can We Use to Describe Spiritual Problems? What is the Doctor’s Role in Spiritual Care? How Can We Train Doctors to Address Spiritual Concerns? A Hospice Story […]
Lesson Category: Article
Integrative Health Care: Emerging Approach to the Art of Healing
Integrative Health Care: Emerging Approach to the Art of Healing by Carl L. Middleton, D.Min. Abstract Background Integrative Care and Essential Components Healing vs. Curing Characteristics of Integrative Medicine Integrative Health Care and Catholic Health Initiatives’ Mission and Values Integrative Health Care Model Assumptions Integrative Health Care Goals Core Elements of Integrative Care Integrative Health […]
The Role of Spirituality in Health Care – Puchalski
The Role of Spirituality in Health Careby Christina M. Puchalski, M.D., M.S.Originally published in the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings(2001) and used with permission. Compassionate Care: Helping Patients Find Meaning in Their Suffering and Addressing Their Spirituality Research on the Role of Spirituality in Health Care Advantages of Becoming Familiar with Patients’ Spirituality Aspects of Spiritual […]
Lesson 3 – Returning the Blessing
Please click to view or download the article PDF here for the final lesson in the Power to Bless course: Power to Bless – Lesson 3 – Myron Madden Be sure to mark your lesson complete to move to the next lesson when finished.
Lesson 2 – Questions about the Blessing
Please click to view or download the article PDF here for the second lesson in the Power to Bless course: Power to Bless – Lesson 2 – Myron Madden Be sure to mark your lesson complete to move to the next lesson when finished.
Lesson 1 – Blessing as a Gift
Please click to view or download the article PDF here for the first lesson in the Power to Bless course: Power to Bless Article 1 – Myron Madden Be sure to mark your lesson complete to move to the next lesson when finished.
Spiritual Care for the Alcohol and Drug Addicted Other Assignments
There have been two additional resources provided to this seminar. AA is not a fraud Winning Our Battle at Jericho
Spiritual Care for the Alcohol & Drug Addicted Curriculum
This seminar is focused on readings provided by the instructor and from the text, Pastoral Care of Alcohol Abusers by Andrew J Weaver and Harold Koenig. The bio from Amazon reads as follows: Over 120 million American teens and adults use alcohol at one time or another. While in most situations these individuals are able […]
How Much Time Do I Have?
How Much Time Do I Have? The Many Faces of Hope and Healing[1] by Jann Aldredge-Clanton, Ph.D. More time, more time there has never been enough time. How can there be enough time now to savor all there is of life and love and beauty, to smell each flower and taste each fruit? Moving […]
Hope and Future Stories
HOPE AND FUTURE STORIES Presenter: Andrew D. Lester, Ph. D. The following presentation summarizes some of the central points from Dr. Lester’s book Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling published in 1995 by Westminster John Knox Press. Some years ago Wayne Oates and I were editing original clinical pastoral research which focused on persons who […]