Science news articles about 'religion and spirituality'

Religious practices and religions involving spiritual experiences are growing in popularity around the globe. Academics too are turning their study to the practices of these religions. The interest is ...

... systems." "The data obtained from this questionnaire suggest that patients' expressions of religion and spirituality should be assessed and acknowledged by their ophthalmologist," the authors write. ...

... conversations that nourish trust for joint therapeutic decision making. For many patients, religion and spirituality is important to their value system and may represent a unique source of motivation ...

... Only one physician in the study directly asked patients and their families about religion and spirituality regularly. The other pediatricians said that direct conversations about religion were either ...

... found "that pediatric oncologists are more likely than the pediatricians interviewed to see the religion or spirituality of patients as relevant to their professional jurisdictions." Moreover, "the ...

... demographic and institutional characteristics. The study also suggests that greater attention to religion and spirituality in medicine may be the result of doctors' and nurses' greater attention to ...

... religious patients' wishes for more aggressive care. "Recent research has shown that religion and spirituality are major sources of comfort and support for patients confronting advanced disease," ...

... patient whenever the physician sensed it would be appropriate. Those physicians who believed that religion and spirituality had a negative impact on patients were more likely to be dissatisfied with ...

... the human race is still evolving, including our brains, and there are even signs that our evolution may be accelerating. Evolution - Human - Biology - Education - Religion and Spirituality

... religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. Byzantine Empire - Vatican City - Sacred art - Christianity - Religion and Spirituality