Workshop 5: Spiritual Medicine: The Power of Religion and Spirituality to Prevent Illness and Improve Health Outcomes
The relevance of religion to health care
Spiritual faith and adjustment to illness
Spirituality as a factor in recovery from illness
Religious commitment, illness prevention, and health enhancement
Religiosity and prevention of heart disease
Spirituality and prevention of substance abuse
Spirituality and suicide prevention
Spirituality and enhanced longevity
Research on prayer and health outcomes (leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis)
Prayer in clinical care
Effects of spiritual intervention on human beings
Effects of spiritual intervention on fungi, yeast, and bacteria, animals and plants
Culturally designated healers and transpersonal medicine
The importance of ritual in healing
