Center on Religion & the Professions

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Health Professions/Health Care/Medicine: Articles

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  • Paley, J. “Religion And The Secularisation Of Health Care.” Journal Of Clinical Nursing 18.14 (2009): 1963-1974. CINAHL. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
  • Milstein, Glen, Amy Manierre, and Ann Marie Yali. “Psychological Care For Persons Of Diverse Religions: A Collaborative Continuum.” Professional Psychology: Research And Practice 41.5 (2010): 371-381. PsycARTICLES. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
  • “Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of People with Multiple Sclerosis” by Roy K. Chena, Noreen M. Glover-Grafa and Irmo Marinia. Journal of Religion, Disability & Health. 15, no. 3 (2011): 254-271.
  • “Religion and Infant Mortality in the U.S.: A Preliminary Study of Denominational Variations”(.pdf) by John P. Bartkowski, Xiaohe Xu and Ginny E. Garcia. Religions. 2 (2011): 264-276.
  • “Valuing the Life Experience of Old Adults and Change in Depressive Symptoms: Exploring an Overlooked Benefit of Involvement in Religion”by Neal Krause. Journal of Aging and Health. Published online (2011).
  • “Communicating with the Coroner: How Religion, Culture, and Family Concerns May Influence Autopsy Decision Making” by Belinda Carpenter et al. Death Studies. 35, no. 4 (2011): 316-337.
  • “Breast cancer between faith and medicine: the Peres Maldonado ex-voto” by Lisa Pon and James F Amatruda. 36 (2010): 112-114.
  • Padela, Aasim I. and Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo. “Muslim patients and cross-gender interactions in medicine: an Islamic bioethical perspective.” Journal of Medical Ethics. Published online, 2010.
  • Safdar, Asim, Farah Ahmed and Talib Mearza. “Challenges facing Muslim GPs and Muslim patients.” InnovAiT. 3, no. 11 (2010): 691-696.
  • Campbell, Anne. “Spiritual Care for Sick Children of Five World Faiths.” Pediatric Nursing. 18, no. 10 (2006): 22-5.
  • Goldberg, Daniel S. “Religion, the Culture of Biomedicine, and the Tremendum: Towards a Non-Essentialist Analysis of Interconnection.” Journal of Religion & Health. 46, no. 1 (2007): 99-108.
  • Haimov-Kochman, Ronit and Drorith Hochner-Celinkier. “Contraceptive Counseling for Orthodox Jewish Women.” European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 12, no. 1 (2007): 13-8.
  • Hermann, Carla P. “The Degree to Which Spiritual Needs of Patients Near the End of Life Are Met.” Oncology Nursing Forum. 34, no. 1 (2007): 70-8.
  • Kim, Karen Hye-cheon. “Religion, Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior.” Eating Behaviors. 8, no. 1 (2007): 121-31.
  • Latzer, Yael, Orna Tzischinsky and Faisal Azaiza. “Disordered Eating Related Behaviors Among Arab Schoolgirls in Israel: An Epidemiological Study.” International Journal of Eating Disorders. 40, no. 3 (2007): 263-70.
  • Maselko, Joanna, et al. “Religious Service Attendance and Decline in Pulmonary Function in a High-Functioning Elderly Cohort.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 32, no. 3 (2006): 245-53.
  • Todman, Donald. “Childbirth in Ancient Rome: From Traditional Folklore to Obstetrics.” Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 47, no. 2 (2007): 82-5.
  • Von der Osten-Sacken, Thomas and Thomas Uwer. “Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?” Middle East Quarterly. 14, no. 1 (2007): 29-36.
  • Yairi-Oron, Yael, Jacob Rabinson and Raoul Orvieto. “A Simplified Approach to Religious Infertility.” Fertility and Sterility. 86, no. 6 (2006): 1771-2.
  • “What Do Family Physicians Think about Spirituality in Clinical Practice?” by Mark R. Ellis, MD, MSPH; James D. Campbell, PHD; Ann Detwiler-Breidenbach, MA; and Dena K. Hubbard. The Journal of Family Practice, March 2002, Vol. 51. No. 3. (In readings for General Honors 1030 Section 4, Religion & the Professions, Dr. Jill Raitt).
  • “Religion, Culture, and Nursing” by Margaret M. Andrews and Patricia A. Hanson. Contemporary Challenges in Transcultural Nursing. (In readings for General Honors 1030 Section 4, Religion & the Professions, Dr. Jill Raitt).
  • “Patients’ Views About Discussing Spiritual Issues with Primary Care Physicians” by Mark R. Ellis, MD, MSPH, and James D. Campbell, PHD. Southern Medical Association, Vol. 97, No. 12 (Dec), 2004.
  • “American Medicine as Religious Practice: Care of the Sick as a Sacred Obligation and the Unholy Descent into Secularization” by Margaret P. Wardlaw. Journal of Religion and Health. Vol. 50, No. 1 (March 2011): 62-74.
  • “Measuring Cultural Competence In A Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum” by Nancy Campbell-Heider, Tammy Austin-Ketch, Kay Sackett, et al. Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, (Fall) 2006.
  • “The Theoretical Framework of Cultural Competence by Maria Jirwe, Kate Gerrish, and Azita Emami. Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, (Fall) 2006.
  • Articles on health care and the Amish: Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, Fall 2006: “Amish Health Care Beliefs and Pratices In An Obstetrical Setting” by Betty Spencer Lemon; “Definition of Health and Health Promotion Behaviors Among Midwestern Old Order Amish Families” by Jane M. Armer and Elise M. Radina; “Amish Society: An Overview Reconsidered” by Joseph F. Donnermeyer and Lora Friedrich; “Health Care and Sequestered Cultures: A Perspective from the Old Order Amish” by Linda Graham and James A. Cates.
  • Articles on health care and the Amish: Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, Fall 2002: “Self-care: As defined by members of the Amish community utilizing the theory of modeling and role-modeling” by Celese Baldwin, Josephine Mullry Hibbeln, Scott Lohner Herr, and Danette Lynne Core, et al.; “The Riddle of the Amish Culture/On the Backroad to Heaven” by Scott McLean and Essie Alberta Riley; “Health beliefs and practices: The Iowa old order Amish” by Linda A. Gerdner, Toni Tripp-Reimer, and Bernard Sorofman; “A study in cultural diversity: Caregiving for the old order Amish elder with Alzheimer’s disease” by Joan Crist, Jane Armer, and M. Elise Radina: “Lessons learned while conducting research within an Amish community” by Kathleen Fisher, Kathleen; “The Amish drug task force: A natural history approach to the construction of a social problem” by Denise Reiling and Michael R.Nusbaumer; “Definition of health and health promotion behaviors among midwestern old order Amish families” by Jane M. Armer and M. Elise Radina.
  • “Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine” by Wendy Cadge. Religious Studies News, March 2009.
  • “Do Religious Nonprofit and For-profit Organizations Respond Differently to Financial Incentives? The hospice industry” by Richard C. Lindrooth and Burton A. Weisbrod. Journal of Health Economics. 26, no. 2 (2007): 342-57.
  • “Spiritual Care for Sick Children of Five World Faiths” by Anne Campbell. Pediatric Nursing. 18, no. 10 (2006): 22-5.
  • “Religion, the Culture of Biomedicine, and the Tremendum: Towards a Non-Essentialist Analysis of Interconnection” by Daniel S. Goldberg. Journal of Religion & Health. 46, no. 1 (2007): 99-108.
  • “Contraceptive Counseling for Orthodox Jewish Women” by Ronit Haimov-Kochman and Drorith Hochner-Celinkier. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 12, no. 1 (2007): 13-8.
  • “The Degree to Which Spiritual Needs of Patients Near the End of Life Are Met” by Carla P. Hermann. Oncology Nursing Forum. 34, no. 1 (2007): 70-8.
  • “Religion, Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior” by Karen Hye-cheon Kim.. Eating Behaviors. 8, no. 1 (2007): 121-31.
  • “Disordered Eating Related Behaviors Among Arab Schoolgirls in Israel: An Epidemiological Study” by Yael Latzer, Orna Tzischinsky and Faisal Azaiza. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 40, no. 3 (2007): 263-70.
  • “Religious Service Attendance and Decline in Pulmonary Function in a High-Functioning Elderly Cohort” by Joanna Maselko, Joanna, et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 32, no. 3 (2006): 245-53.
  • “Childbirth in Ancient Rome: From Traditional Folklore to Obstetrics” by Donald Todman, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 47, no. 2 (2007): 82-5.
  • “Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?” by Thomas Von der Osten-Sacken and Thomas Uwer. Middle East Quarterly. 14, no. 1 (2007): 29-36.
  • “A Simplified Approach to Religious Infertility” by Yael Yairi-Oron, Jacob Rabinson and Raoul Orvieto. Fertility and Sterility. 86, no. 6 (2006): 1771-2.
  • “Police look for mom, son who fled to avoid chemo” by Amy Forliti and Patrick Condon. Associated Press, May 20, 2009.
  • “Teen in prayer death trial says sister was weak” by Robert Imrie. Associated Press, May 20, 2009.
  • “Addressing Patients’ Emotional and Spiritual Needs” by Paul Alexander Clark, Maxwell Drain and Mary P. Malone. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2003.
  • “Health Prayer: Should Religion and Faith Have Roles in Medicine?” by Christine Larson. U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 22, 2008.
  • “Religion and Health: New Research Revives an Old Debate” by Mary Duenwald. The New York Times, May 7, 2002.
  • “When religion and healthcare collide: Healthcare providers should not be allowed to let faith interfere with delivering care” by Richard P. Sloan. Los Angeles Times. Aug. 23, 2008.
  • “Culture, Religion Frame Care for Muslim Patients” by David Milne. Psychiatric News. American Psychiatric Association, Volume 40 Number 2, Jan. 21, 2005.
  • “The Role of Religion in Health Care Access Among Drug Users” by Duane McBride, Rene Drumm, Alina Baltazar, Jimmy Kijai, Yvonne Terry-McElrath and Clyde McCoy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 14, 2004.
  • “Cultural Competence and Health Care Disparities: Key Perspectives and Trends” by Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green, J. Emilio Carrillo and Elyse R. Park. Health Affairs, March/April 2005 24 (2): 499-505.
  • “Nursing Ethics in Seventh-day Adventist Religious Tradition” by Elizabeth Johnston Taylor and Mark F. Carr. Nursing Ethics, 16:6 (2009): 707-718.