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2016 Symposium Videos - Spirituality and End-of-Life Medical Outcomes

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On December 2nd 2016, the Initiative on Health, Religion, and Spirituality hosted a symposium, inviting scholars working at the intersection of religion and medicine to share their work and to respond to the presentations of others. Michael and Tracy...

2016 Symposium Videos - Religious Service Attendance and Depression, Suicide, and Mortality

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On December 2nd 2016, the Initiative on Health, Religion, and Spirituality hosted a symposium, inviting scholars working at the intersection of religion and medicine to share their work and to respond to the presentations of others. Tyler VanderWeele...

IHRS in the News: Research Assistant Alexandra Nichipor Honored by Alma Mater

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After MCLA, and following a year in China to teach English, Alexandra Nichipor ’12 went on to earn her master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School. She recently accepted a position at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she’s a research assistant for...

VanderWeele: A Course on Religion and Public Health at Harvard

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Research has gradually accumulated suggesting that religious participation is a powerful social determinant of health.The role of religion in shaping health is given relatively little attention in most public health curricula today. When religion is...

A Fourth Wave of Psychotherapies: Moving Beyond Recovery Toward Well Being

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Three waves of psychotherapeutic approaches have been distinguished, based on historical and theoretical considerations. Growing evidence supports the use of a fourth group therapies that aim beyond insight, mastery and problem-solving toward the...

Balboni: U.S. Clergy Religious Values and Relationships to End-of-Life Discussions and Care

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Michael J. Balboni, PhD, ThM, MDiv, Adam Sullivan, PhD, Andrea C. Enzinger, MD, Patrick T. Smith, MDiv, PhD, Christine Mitchell, MDiv, John R. Peteet, MD, James A. Tulsky, MD, Tyler VanderWeele, PhD, and Tracy A. Balboni, MD, MPH J Pain Symptom Manage...

Balboni: U.S. Clergy Religious Values and Relationships to End-of-Life Discussions and Care

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Context. Although clergy interact with approximately half of U.S. patients facing end-of-life medical decisions, little is known about clergy-congregant interactions or clergy influence on end-of-life decisions. Objective. The objective was to conduct a...

Jeff Levin: Faith-Based Partnerships in Medicine and Public Health

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Interconnections between the faith-based and medical sectors are multifaceted and have existed for centuries, including partnerships that have evolved over the past several decades in the U.S. This talk outlines ten points of intersection that have...

Sanders: Seeking and Accepting: U.S. Clergy Theological and Moral Perspectives Informing Decision Making at the End of Life

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Background: People with serious illness frequently rely on religion/spirituality to cope with their diagnosis, with potentially positive and negative consequences. Clergy are uniquely positioned to help patients consider medical decisions at or near the...

Jewish Identity and Genetics: An Interview with Dr. Jessica Mozersky

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05/26/2017 Dr. Jessica Mozersky received her PhD in Anthropology from University College London’s Interd isciplinary Institute of Human Genetics and Health, and she is assistant professor of medicine at the Washingston University School of Medicine in St...

Tyler VanderWeele: What the New York Times Gets Wrong about Marriage, Health, and Wellbeing

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Last week, a New York Times op-ed, “ Get Married, Get Healthy? Maybe Not,” called into question a large body of research indicating marriage is associated with better health, less depression, and greater well-being. From a rigorous research perspective...

Hope at the End of Life: An Interview with Mona Hanford (From the Hope Initiative)

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Mona Hanford is an end-of-life-care activist, teacher and writer. She chaired the conference “Journey of the Soul–Peace at Last,” which was held at the Washington National Cathedral. In this interview, she explains her work with the Hope Initiative , a...