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Religion and Health
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives 
 Provides material about this initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that "welcomes the participation of faith-based and community-based organizations as valued and essential partners assisting Americans in need." Includes links to faith-based activities of specific agencies, funding opportunities, publications (such as manuals for faith- and community-based service providers), and related resources. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/ Topics: Health Last updated Jan 16, 2007 Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health: Research and Publications
Research reports on the health effects of religious beliefs and practices. Topics range from the effects of religious attendance and prayer, to religious coping and disease, religion in hospital patients, and religion and immune function. From the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, a program based in the Center for Aging at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.dukespiritualityandhealth.org/publications/ Topics: Health, Religion Last updated Apr 24, 2007 Everyday Miracles: Medical Imagery in Ex-Votos
This online exhibit from the National Library of Medicine explores the relationship between faith and healing as expressed in personal devotional paintings from Italy and Mexico. Ex-votos are small paintings usually done on tin or canvas as an expression of gratitude to a saint who has interceded on behalf of a person who is ill. View many examples of ex-votos, as well as images of early medical guides. From the National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/exvotos/ Topics: Health, Religion Last updated Jan 5, 2009 Spirituality and Medicine
This article, written for physicians, centers on ethical topics related to religious beliefs and practices of medical patients. Topics include the pervasiveness of religious belief, the importance of spirituality in medicine, how to take a spiritual history, respect of patients' religious beliefs, and more. From Ethics in Medicine, a project of the University of Washington School of Medicine. http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/spirit.html Topics: Health, Religion Last updated Apr 4, 2006 |
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