Spirituality and Health at MUSC

Spirituality and Health at MUSC

Patients' Religious and Spiritual Lives  

Learning Objectives of Integrated Spirituality and Medicine Curriculum at MUSC
Names, Degrees, and Academic Titles of Participating Faculty Members
Recent Spirituality Research at MUSC

Spirituality and Cultural Diversity
Other Resources and Links


INTRODUCTION:

WELCOME to the web site for the Spirituality and Health Interest Group at MUSC.  The Interest Group is a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and students who are interested in encouraging education and research regarding spirituality and health matters.

Our vision is to see the spiritual perspective of patients and providers fully integrated into health care education and practice.   We encourage the exchange of ideas, curriculum models, research projects, and programs in the area of spirituality and health in all medical disciplines.  Members of the group include physicians, chaplains, nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and mental health professionals, all dedicated to exploring and more fully understanding the spiritual concerns of patients and the spiritual context of medical illness and compassionate health care.

Please explore the material available on this web site.  We have links that describe the field of spirituality and health, our current curriculum offerings, and resources of interest.  

Watch this space for information about scheduling, topics of conversation, and upcoming speakers.

Maps and Mazes (Spirituality) Conference, November 26-29, Emory University.  More details.

Next Seminar: TBA

Announcement

Dana King MD MS, Editor, welcomes a new Associate Editor for the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, John Freedy, MD, PhD. We continue to welcome manuscripts on the psychosocial aspects of care, including the following topics:

--psychobiological, psychological, social, religious, and cultural modifiers of illness
--mental disorders seen and treated in outpatient practice
--doctor-patient interactions
--ethical issues in medicine
--biomedical etiologies of mental symptoms
--research from successful multi-disciplinary, collaborative models

More information is available at the journal website: www.baywood.com/ijpm.asp.

Recent Speakers:

August 2007: "Music in Medicine" by Robert Turner, MD MSCR.

November 2006: "Sexual Ethics" by Rev. Dr. Don Flowers.

March 2006: "Caring for the dying, or encouraging euthanasia?- an increasing dilemma in western health systems" by Rabbi Julia Neuberger.

February 2006: "Origins of Humanity" by Dr. Hugh Ross.

November 2005: "When Bad Things Happen ... A Possible Perspective from God’s Point of View" by Chaplain Terry Wilson, D. Min, MUSC Pastoral Care.

September 2005: "Dealing with the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Menopause", by Drs. Dana King and Lisa Hunter.

January 2005: "Results and Reflections from a Summer Research Project on Spirituality and Health", by Jeremy Crisp (Med Student II).

September 2004: "Establishing Faith Community/Academic Partnerships", Dr. Marilyn Laken.

May 2004: "Health Beliefs and Practice of the LDS Church", Dee Dee Squires, Regional Chair of Public Relations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

February 2004: "Spirituality and Health Traditions and Beliefs in the Muslim Faith", Imam Herbert Fraser Abdur-Rahim, Charleston

November 2003: " Why God Won't Go Away--Brain Science and the Biology of Belief", Andrew Newberg, MD, Univ of Penn.

September 2003: "Pastoral Counseling in a Secular Medical World", Mark Tidsworth, MDiv, MEd, LPC, LMFT, AAMFT, Charleston

For more information:

Contact Dr. Dana King, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, at kingde@musc.edu

This page was last updated October 2006.

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