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XVIII IAC Citations
 
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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Spirituality, religion and health outcomes research: findings from the Center on Religion and the Professions.
Johnstone B.
Mo Med. 2009 Mar-Apr;106(2):141-4
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Effects of faith/assurance on cortisol levels are enhanced by a spiritual mantram intervention in adults with HIV: |
A randomized trial.
 Bormann JE, Aschbacher K, Wetherell JL, et al
J Psychosom Res. 2009 Feb;66(2):161-71.
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Perceived need for spiritual and religious treatment options in chronically ill individuals.
 Dale H, Hunt N.  
 J Health Psychol. 2008 Jul;13(5):712-8.
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Is spirituality relevant to the practice of medicine?
Ghadirian AM.
Med Law. 2008 Jun;27(2):229-39
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 The importance of spirituality in medicine and its application to clinical practice.
 D'Souza R.
Med J Aust. 2007 May 21;186(10):S57-9
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A review of spiritual assessment in health care practice.
 Rumbold BD.
Med J Aust. 2007 May 21;186(10):S60-2.
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Spirituality, religion and health: evidence and research directions.
 Williams DR, Sternthal MJ. 
Med J Aust. 2007 May 21;186(10):S47-50.
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Culture, spirituality, religion and health: looking at the big picture.
 Eckersley RM. 
Med J Aust. 2007 May 21;186(10):S54-6.
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From spirituality to coping strategy: making sense of chronic illness.
 Greenstreet W.
 Br J Nurs. 2006 Sep 28-Oct 11;15(17):938-42.
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 Death, dying and informatics: misrepresenting religion on MedLine
 del Pozo PR  Fins JJ
|BMC Medical Ethics 2005, 6:6 (1 July 2005)
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he relationship between religion/spirituality and physical health, mental health, and pain in
a chronic pain population.
 Elizabeth Rippentrop A, Altmaier EM,et al 
Pain. 2005 Jun 23;
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Challenges and changes in spirituality among doctors who become patients.
 Klitzman RL, Daya S.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Jun 4;
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Assessment of spirituality/religiosity in the context of health related quality of life.
 Zwingmann C.
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2005 May;55(5):241-6.
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High risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection during the Hajj pilgrimage.
 Wilder-Smith A, Foo W, Earnest A, Paton NI.  
 Trop Med Int Health. 2005 Apr;10(4):336-9
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When patients choose faith over medicine: physician perspectives on religiously related
conflict in the medical encounter.
Curlin FA, Roach CJ, Gorawara-Bhat R, et al   
Arch Intern Med. 2005 Jan 10;165(1):88-91.
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Spirituality and medicine: idiot-proofing the discourse.
Berlinger N.  
J Med Philos. 2004 Dec;29(6):681-95.
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Can physicians' care be neutral regarding religion?
Hall DE, Curlin F.  
Acad Med. 2004 Jul;79(7):677-9.
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An integrative review of the concept of spirituality in the health sciences.
 Chiu L, Emblen JD, Van Hofwegen L, Sawatzky R, Meyerhoff H. 
West J Nurs Res. 2004 Jun;26(4):405-28.
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Conference Reports
 
  The Church and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Madison WI    USA  
 February 19, 2005
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