Book Endorsements
This is an essential book, not only for physicians but for anyone involved in a health care discipline, professionals, patients, and families alike. The research provided on the impact of religion and spirituality on mental and physical health is comprehensive; by applying it to a case of a "real" patient it comes alive with the importance of being attuned to and incorporating patient beliefs and values into their healthcare. The book goes beyond research by offering clear, concise, and helpful recommendations for how to address religious and spiritual issues and how to utilize the expertise of all professionals within the healthcare team in partnering with patients to provide the best and most compassionate care possible. It is a volume not only important for professionals; it is one that would serve medical, nursing, chaplaincy, and other health care professionals well in their training.
—Sue Wintz, chaplain, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Arizona
Koenig's book is a concise, articulate, and compelling story of the interplay betwen spirituality, religiousness, and health. The general public will find it fascinating and informative reading, while doctors and medical students will find it essential for their understanding of, and compassionate caring for, their patients.
—Robert G. Brooks, MD, MA (Theol.), MBA, associate dean for Health Affairs, professor of family medicine and rural health, Florida State University College of Medicine
The book is very well written. Reading it is compelling and many readers may find it difficult to put the book aside once they start reading it. The short chapters, on the other hand, make it easy for readers to spend as little or as much time as they wish on the book. It is organized in such a way that readers can easily find the material they are looking for.
—Ronald C. Hamdy, MD, FRCP, FACP, editor-in-chief, Southern Medical Journal; professor of medicine Cecile Cox Quillen Chair, Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
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