Spirituality and Health

Multidisciplinary Explorations

Augustine Meier editor Thomas St James O'Connor editor Peter L VanKatwyk editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Published:30th Dec '05

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Spirituality and Health cover

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.

"Characterized by careful attention to the latest research...Spirituality and Health: Multidisciplinary Explorations presents a quite positive approach to a useful conversation among theoreticians and practitioners involved in health care, whether their primary concern is the spiritual or physical needs of their patients/clients.... [T]he authors and editors...are to be commended for an excellent and well-grounded volume that takes seriously the concerns of many...that health care deal with the whole person.... The writing is accessible and enlightening to the non-professional, as well as to those who work as pastoral counselors or chaplains." -- Frances W. Kaye, University of Nebraska-Lincoln -- Canadian Ethnic Studies, 40: 1, 2008, 200907
"Deftly co-edited and compiled...Spirituality and Health presents an invaluable reference for all readers seeking an understanding of their spiritual-self's contribution to their physical wellness." -- Midwest Book Review, 200606
"The multidisciplinary perspective becomes the lens that brings to light the exceptional contribution of both health-care and pastoral workers. The bibliography and resource materials are extensive." -- Marilyn-Ann Elphick, Toronto School of Theology -- Toronto Journal of Theology, 23: 1, Spring 2007, 200801

ISBN: 9780889204775

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 550g

336 pages