Sajja Aparna, Puchalski Christina
an internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and a recent graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine.
the founder and director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and a professor of medicine at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and directs an interdisciplinary outpatient supportive and palliative care clinic and is a medical hospice director.
AMA J Ethics. 2018 Jul 1;20(7):E655-663. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.655.
Spirituality is increasingly recognized as an essential element of patient care and health. It is often during illness that patients experience deep spiritual and existential suffering. With clinicians' care and compassion, patients are able to find solace and healing through their spiritual beliefs and values. This article chronicles a history of spirituality and health education, including the development of consensus-based clinical guidelines and competencies in health professions education that have influenced the curricular development.
灵性日益被视为患者护理和健康的一个基本要素。患者常常在患病期间经历深刻的精神和生存痛苦。通过临床医生的关怀和同情,患者能够通过其精神信仰和价值观找到慰藉并实现康复。本文记述了灵性与健康教育的历史,包括基于共识的临床指南的制定以及对课程发展产生影响的健康专业教育中的能力要求。