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Emerging research demonstrates the effect of spiritual beliefs on health and well-being. Increasing information points to the necessity of performing a spiritual profile on a patient - in addition to a physical assessment - to provide the optimum plan for healing. Spirituality in Patient Care is intended as a guide for physicians and other healthcare professionals to help identify and address the spiritual needs of their patients. The book outlines several points, including: Why include spirituality in patient care? How does a physician identify spiritual needs? When does a physician provide spiritual support? What is the impact that physician involvement in this area can have on the patient's ability to cope with illness? Are there times when spiritual beliefs can actually interfere with medical care?

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Harold Koenig, in a short and eminently readable style, outlines how important spirituality can be in treating the whole person. He gives clear definitions of religious coping, spiritual assessment, transference and countertransference, and boundaries to care. Dr. Koenig should be commended for writing a concise yet meaty book on spirituality in patient care.

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Harold G. Koenig, M.D., is associate professor of psychiatry and associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is the director and founder of the Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health, is editor of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, editor-in-chief of Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with over 150 scientific peer-reviewed articles, 35 book chapters, and 16 books. His most recent book is The Handbook of Religion and Health: A Century of Research Reviewed. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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