| Spirit, Science, and Health: How the Spiritual Mind Fuels Physical Wellness Contributor(s): Plante, Thomas (Editor), Thoresen, Carl (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0275995062 ISBN-13: 9780275995065 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health. In this volume, a team of experts from across disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, and pastoral care offer reader-friendly chapters showing the state of the art in understanding this connection. Chapters include attention to special populations such as youth, HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, and those in hospice care. Contributors, all members of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, aim to use the scientific understanding of the spirituality/health connection to promote better health for the general public. One focus of this volume is to show easy ways to incorporate spiritual practices in an environment that is often multicultural, multi-religious, stressful, hurried, and secular. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Health & Fitness | Healing - Body, Mind & Spirit | Healing - General |
| Dewey: 201.762 |
| LCCN: 2007016344 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.54" W x 9.32" (1.17 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health. In this volume, a team of experts from across disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, and pastoral care offer reader-friendly chapters showing the state of the art in understanding this connection. Chapters include attention to special populations such as youth, HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, and those in hospice care. Contributors, all members of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, aim to use the scientific understanding of the spirituality/health connection to promote better health for the general public. From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health. In this volume, a team of experts from across disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, and pastoral care offer reader-friendly chapters showing the state of the art in understanding this connection. Chapters include attention to special populations such as youth, HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, and those in hospice care. Contributors, all members of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, aim to use the scientific understanding of the spirituality/health connection to promote better health for the general public. One focus of this volume is to show easy ways to incorporate spiritual practices in an environment that is often multicultural, multi-religious, stressful, hurried, and secular. |