Recognizing and Addressing Spiritual Concerns

Closing Thoughts

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Working with Patients that Believe in Miracles and Recognizing How Hope Changes

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Helping People of Faith (and Marginalized Groups) to Feel Seen

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The Clinician’s Responsibility in Addressing Issues of Faith/Honoring Practices of Faith

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Identifying Patients with Spiritual Needs or Concerns

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Introducing Dr. Rev. Gloria White-Hammond

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Shinall M, Stahl D, Bibler T.

Addressing a Patient’s Hope for a Miracle

J Pain Symptom Manage 2018; 55:535–539

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Bennett CR, Doyon K, Barnard JG, et al.

“God is going to help me get through this”: spirituality perspectives from Hispanic adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.

Support Care Cancer 2024;32:348. Note: Only abstract content is available.

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Balboni TA, Balboni MJ.

The spiritual event of serious illness.

J Pain Symptom Manage 2018;56:816-822

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions  on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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