Material

Useful Material on Spirituality in Health Care

Associations and Scientific Organizations:

In Italy

- Italian Association for Health Pastoral Care: http://www.aipasalute.it

- Medicine and the Person: https://www.medicinaepersona.org

-OARI – Association for a pastoral care of communion and hope for those who suffer

- Camilliano Formation Center - Formation Pathways: https://www.sentieriformativi.it

- Italian Society of the Psychology of Religion : http://www.psicologiadellareligione.it

Abroad:

-Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC): http://jewishchaplain.net

-Association of Professional Chaplains (APC): http://www.professionalchaplains.org

-Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains: http://www.episcopalchaplain.org

-HealthCare CHaplaincy Network (HCCN): https://www.healthcarechaplaincy.org

-National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC): https://www.nacc.org

-Society for the Scientific Study of Religion: https://sssreligion.org

-City of Hope: http://prc.coh.org

-The interfaith Alliance Foundation: www.interfaithalliance.org/home

-Centro ERICH: https://www.pastoralezorg.be/page/erich/

-Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) Research Network: http://www.acperesearch.net

-British Association for the Study of Spirituality: http://www.basspirituality.org.uk/

-Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability, University of Aberdeen, UK:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/centre-for-spirituality-health-and-disability-182.php

-Center for Spirituality and Health, Mount Sinai Healthcare System, New York,USA: www.mountsinai.org/spiritualcare

-George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, George Washington University, USA: https://smhs.gwu.edu/gwish/(questo è quello della Puchalski)Spiritual Health Victoria,

-Australia: http://www.spiritualhealthvictoria.org.au/

-The Global Network for Spirituality and Health: https://smhs.gwu.edu/gwish/global-network

-Transforming Chaplaincy: https://www.transformchaplaincy.org/


Main international authors on the topic of spiritual assistance in the field of health care:

-Tracy A Balboni (MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician, Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Clinical Director, Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology Service, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center).

-Kevin j Flanelly (Center for Psychosocial Research , Massapequa , New York , USA).

-Daniel H Grossoehme (Indiana School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health).

-George F Handzo (Health Services Research & Quality , HealthCare Chaplaincy Network: Caring For The Human SpiritTM , New York , New York).

-Harold G. Koenig (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3400, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750000, PR China. Electronic address: Harold.Koenig@duke.edu).

-Christina M Puchalski (MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM, Professor of Medicine and Health Science, Director, The George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish), Co-Director, MFA-GWU Supportive and Palliative Outpatient Clinic, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences).

-Urs Winter-Pfandler (Swiss Institute of Pastoral-Sociology (SPI), Switzerland).


Main scientific journals on health pastoral care:

Journal of health care chaplaincy.

Journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC.

Journal of religion and health.

Holist Nurs Pract

Death studies.