Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction:
Michael J. Balboni and John R. Peteet
PART I: Religion, Spirituality, and Medical Sub-Specialities
Chapter 2. Religion and Spirituality in OBGYN
Rachel Peragallo and John Thorp
Chapter 3. Religion and Spirituality in Pediatrics
Ray Barfield and Sarah Barton
Chapter 4. Religion and Spirituality in Family Medicine
Timothy P. Daaleman
Chapter 5. Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry
Dan G. Blazer
Chapter 6. Religion and Spirituality in Internal Medicine
Lydia S. Dugdale and Daniel P. Sulmasy
Chapter 7. Religion and Spirituality in Surgery
John Tarpley and Margaret Tarpley
Chapter 8. Religion and Spirituality in Gerontology
Harold G. Koenig
Chapter 9. Religion and Spirituality in Oncology
Alan Astrow
Chapter 10. Religion and Spirituality in Palliative Medicine
Tracy Balboni and Michael Balboni
Chapter 11. Religion and Spirituality in the Intensive Care Unit
Alex Cist and Philip Choi
Chapter 12: Religion and Spirituality in Medical Ethics
Farr A. Curlin
Chapter 13: Religion and Spirituality in Medical Education
Marta Herschkopf and Christina Puchalski
Chapter 14. Religion and Spirituality in Nursing
John Swinton and Lynn Vanderpot
Part Two: Scholarly Disciplinary Perspectives
Chapter 15. Medicine, Spirituality, Religion and Psychology
Kelly Trevino and Kenneth Pargament
Chapter 16. Spirituality, Resistance, and Modern Medicine: A Sociological Perspective
Jonathan Imber
Chapter 17. Anthropologies of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality and Their Application to Clinical Practice
Lance D. Laird and L. Linda Barnes
Chapter 18. Law, Religion, and the Physician-Patient Relationship
Michael P, Moreland and O. Carter Snead
Chapter 19. Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical Perspective
Gary B. Ferngren
Chapter 20. Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and Religion
James A. Marcum
Chapter 21. Medicine, Religion and Spirituality in Theological Context
Brett McCarty and Warren Kinghorn
Part Three: Synthesis and Integration
Chapter 22. Religion and Health: A Synthesis
Tyler VanderWeele

About the Author

Michael J. Balboni is a theologian and social-scientific researcher at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is co-director of the Initiative on Health, Religion, and Spirituality at Harvard University and co-leads the National Conference on Medicine and Religion. His empirical research focuses on describing the spiritual beliefs and practices of patients, clinicians, and religious communities in end-of-life care. His theological work examines
religion and spirituality within secular medical contexts, including Hostility to Hospitality (Oxford University Press), co-written with Tracy Balboni, MD. He is Senior Minister to the Longwood
Christian Community, an intentional religious community of healthcare students and professionals in Boston.

John R. Peteet is a psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has authored or co-edited several books and numerous papers on the clinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry and serves as president of the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.

Reviews

This volume has as its subtitle "from evidence to practice," which aptly describes what the collection of chapters is all about. It presents a comprehensive overview of evidence and practice related to religion/spirituality in medicine—a useful text for anyone conducting research in this field and an essential reading for anyone looking to learn more about the complex ways that religion and spirituality interface with health and health care.
*Ana Borovečki, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics*

The book offers a wealth of information. Because the subject is highlighted from different angles, the reader gets a clear view of questions around this subject, of different viewpoints and the current state of research. The disciplinary chapters often contain practical recommendations.
*Debora van Urk, Christian Medical Fellowship Journal*