9 articles in this issue
H Elliott Larson
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Felisha L Younkin, Emily Laswell, Kristi Coe, Joy Hanson, Robert Snyder, Aleda Chen
Providing spiritual care to patients can result in improved health outcomes and health-related quality of life. However, healthcare professionals feel largely unprepared to address spiritual health. The objective of this study was to determine the i... see more
Andrew Wilson
Background: Faith beliefs, and associated cultural beliefs, play an important role in affecting response to disability. There is no systematic review of how Hindu beliefs affect approaches to people with disabilities. The majority of the world’s Hind... see more
James Samuel Pender, Cletus Praveen Gomez, Ranasinghe Arachchige Tuder Mahesh Perera, John Anthony Williams, Ravindran Roshan
Sri Lanka is a leprosy endemic country with one of the highest incidences of the disease globally. Low levels of leprosy awareness were identified as one of the reasons for high prevalence. In order to address this, inter-faith communities were mobilized ... see more
Judith Siambe Opiyo, Paul Shetler Fast
In many places in Africa, progress on maternal and child health has been slow and uneven, with widening geographic and socio-economic disparities, despite economic growth and continued investments in health systems. In Kenya, modest national-level gains m... see more
Danielle Ellis
Missions have been a part of the Christian faith since its genesis. Various approaches to transmitting the faith through missions have been implemented over time, some with unforeseen and frankly negative long-term political, social, and even theological ... see more
David Carl Thompson
When medical professionals step out of one culture into another to serve in mission, the transition is far more complex and difficult than even those with wide international experience may realize, especially if it involves a change between widely diverge... see more
Lois Joy Armstrong
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Neville Howard Carr
Book review