Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and medicine evaluating current empirical research and academic scholarship.In Part 1, the book examines the relationship of religion, spirituality, and the practice of medicine by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the most recent empirical research of religion/spirituality within twelve distinct fields of medicine including pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, surgery, palliative care, and medical ethics. Written by leading clinician researchers in their fields, contributors provide case examples and highlight best practices when engaging religion/spirituality within clinical practice. This is the first collection that assesses how the medical context interacts with patient spirituality recognizing crucial differences between contexts from obstetrics and family medicine, to nursing, to gerontology and the ICU.Recognizing the interdisciplinary aspects of spirituality, religion, and health, Part 2 of the book turns to academic scholarship outside the field of medicine to consider cultural dimensions that form clinical practice. Social-scientific, practical, and humanity fields include psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, history, philosophy, and theology. This is the first time in a single volume that readers can reflect on these multi-dimensional, complex issues with contributions from leading scholars.In Part III, the book concludes with a synthesis, identifying the best studies in the field of religion and health, ongoing weaknesses in research, and highlighting what can be confidently believed based on prior studies. The synthesis also considers relations between the empirical literature on religion and health and the theological and religious traditions, discussing places of convergence and tension, as well as remainingopen questions for further reflection and research.This book will provide trainees and clinicians with an introduction to the field of spirituality, religion, and medicine, and its multi-disciplinary approach will give researchers and scholars in the field a critical and up-to-date analysis.

Chapter 1: Introduction:Michael J. Balboni and John R. PeteetPART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-SpecialitiesChapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYNRachel Peragallo and John ThorpChapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in PediatricsRay Barfield and Sarah BartonChapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family MedicineTimothy P. DaalemanChapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in PsychiatryDan G. BlazerChapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal MedicineLydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. SulmasyChapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in SurgeryJohn Tarpley and Margaret TarpleyChapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in GerontologyHarold G. KoenigChapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in OncologyAlan AstrowChapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative MedicineTracy Balboni and Michael BalboniChapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care UnitAlex Cist and Philip ChoiChapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EthicsFarr A. CurlinChapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical EducationMarta Herschkopf and Christina PuchalskiChapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in NursingJohn Swinton and Lynn VanderpotPart Two: Scholarly Disciplinary PerspectivesChapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and PsychologyKelly Trevino and Kenneth PargamentChapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological PerspectiveJonathan ImberChapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical PracticeLance D. Laird and L. Linda BarnesChapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient RelationshipMichael P, Moreland and O. Carter SneadChapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical PerspectiveGary B. FerngrenChapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and ReligionJames A. MarcumChapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological ContextBrett McCarty and Warren KinghornPart Three: Synthesis and IntegrationChapter 22. Religion and Health: A SynthesisTyler VanderWeele