Spirituality and health : multidisciplinary explorations / / edited by Augustine Meier, Thomas St. James O'Connor, Peter VanKatwyk

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfred Laurier University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.661
• Soggetto topico: Health - Religious aspects; Medical care - Religious aspects; Spirituality; Spiritual healing; Holistic medicine - Religious aspects; Pastoral counseling
• Altri autori: MeierAugustine <1933-> O'ConnorThomas St. James <1950-> VanKatwykPeter L <1938-> (Peter Lorens)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: cover; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; PART 1: Faith Perspectives and Challenges; PART 2: Spiritual Practices in Health Care; PART 3: Frontiers and Research; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Spirituality and Health: Multidisciplinary Explorations examines the relationship between health/well-being and spirituality. Chap-lains and pastoral counsellors offer evidence-based research on the importance of spirituality in holistic health care, and practitioners in the fields of occupational therapy, clinical psychology, nursing, and oncology share how spirituality enters into their healing practices. Unique for its diversity, this collection explores the relationship between biomedical, psychological, and spiritual points of view about health and healing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Spirituality and health
• ISBN: 1-280-37751-8; 9786610377510; 0-88920-909-X; 1-4237-6110-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823981903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II