BACKGROUND Although there is evidence of a relationship between religion/spirituality and mental health, it remains unclear how Brazilian psychiatrists deal with the religion/spirituality of their patients. AIMS To explore whether Brazilian psychiatrists enquire about religion/spirituality in their practice and whether their own beliefs influence their work. METHOD Four hundred and eighty-f...

Spirituality is a contested concept with a wide taxonomy of meaning discussed in the literature. Within the domain of health care, there has been increasing interest in the importance of understanding and valuing patients’ individual spirituality as a function of providing appropriate support, particularly as part of nursing practice. This article reports on an ethnographic participant observat...

The research aims to identify the Impact of Individual Spirituality and Workplace on Organization Commitment in hospitals Ministry Health Jeddah city. It followed quantitative methods using survey form a questionnaire which was distributed electronically, number participants reached (181) employees at has founded results: that there is moderate level gratitude workplace spirituality; Spirituali...

The current study investigated gender effects on the influence of self-reported religiosity and spirituality on cardiovascular and cortisol responses to a laboratory stressor among young adults. Participants with higher composite religiosity/spirituality scores, religiosity, levels of forgiveness and frequency of prayer showed lower cortisol responses. Greater composite religiosity/spirituality...

PAWTUCKET – In a conversation on the relationship between spirituality and medicine, Gowri Anandarajah, MD, spoke of her formative years in London as a Hindu educated in schools which incorporated Christian beliefs. This gave her an early perspective on Eastern/Western thought. But it was a singular experience dealing with a critically ill patient as a medical student that ignited her intellect...

Workplace spirituality is a growing concern for an increasing number of organizations, employees, and job seekers. In today’s tumultuous business landscape a growing number of people are looking to the workplace to fulfill their spiritual needs, while organizations are finding positive work outcomes associated with a workplace that augments workers spiritual fulfillment. There is to date, howev...

CONTEXT Religion and spirituality play an important role in physicians' medical practice, but little research has examined their influence within the socialization of medical trainees and the hidden curriculum. OBJECTIVES The objective is to explore the role of religion and spirituality as they intersect with aspects of medicine's hidden curriculum. METHODS Semiscripted, one-on-one intervie...

Correspondence: Wilfred McSherry Senior Lecturer in Acute Care of the Adult The University of Hull School of Nursing, Social Work and Applied Health Studies Milner Hall Room M208 Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7XR UK Telephone: þ44 1482 464607 E-mail: [email protected] McSHERRY W, CASH K & ROSS L (2004) Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 934–941 Meaning of spirituality: implications for nursing prac...