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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To provide a conceptual description of Faith Moves Mountains (FMM), an intervention designed to reduce the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer among Appalachian women. METHODS: FMM, a community-based participatory research program ... Read more...

The need for hospital-based neonatal palliative care programs in Saudi Arabia.

30 Aug 2009 The terms palliative care, supportive care, and comfort care are used to describe individualized care that can provide a dying person the best quality of life until the end. The term "end-of-life care" is also used in a general sense to refer to all ... Read more...

Promoting peaceful death for Thai Buddhists: implications for holistic end-of-life care.

30 Aug 2009 The conceptual model of promoting a peaceful death was synthesized from Buddhist philosophy, the theory of "Peaceful End of Life," related literature, and a story from experience. Nurses can use this model as a practical guide for the holistic care ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Religion and Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A well-disguised blessing. 30 Oct 2009
• Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. 30 Oct 2009
• A colloquium on the congress "A gift for life. Considerations on organ donation". 13 Oct 2009
• [Miraculous cure in Lourdes?] 22 Sep 2009
• The intriguing case of Christina the Astonishing. 13 Sep 2009
• The need for hospital-based neonatal palliative care programs in Saudi Arabia. 30 Aug 2009
• The Journal of Religion and Health came into existence nearly fifty years ago to explore the presence of religion in human life in all its manifestations. 30 Aug 2009
• Promoting peaceful death for Thai Buddhists: implications for holistic end-of-life care. 30 Aug 2009
• Learning from the Guyanese. 30 Aug 2009
• Health care reform: a political and policy balancing act. Finding middle ground on three hot-button issues will determine if new comprehensive legislation is enacted. 30 Aug 2009
• Pope Benedict XVI's new encyclical: implications for Catholic health care. 'Caritas in Veritate' contains challenges to the practices of Catholic health care. 30 Aug 2009
• Health care sponsorship: from charism to ecclesial ministry. A lay leadership model may offer resources for reimagining sponsorship for the future. 30 Aug 2009
• The promise and challenge of board formation. Ascension Health's program aims to enhance understanding and commitment to the ministry. 30 Aug 2009
• Ministry leadership formation: engaging with leaders. Four years into the program, participants report positive results. 30 Aug 2009
• Dreaming together about the future we want. 30 Aug 2009
• [Professor Hofvander is completely right about circumcision] 30 Aug 2009
• Appointments failure among female patients at a dental school clinic in Saudi Arabia. 30 Aug 2009
• Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey. 30 Aug 2009
• [Fasting in Ramadan despite chronic diseases] 23 Aug 2009
• Ramadan: health effects of fasting. 20 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Religion and Medicine'

Definition: The interrelationship of medicine and religion.

Descriptor UI: D012068

Alternative terms: Religion and Medicine; Medicine and Religion;

Tree Number: K01.844.619;

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