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Special Health Section - The New York Times

A Guided Tour of Your Body - learn the best that science and medicine can offer for taking care of yourself

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5 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed

A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. Oh, we're not talking about the occasional psychopath who turns up. No, we're talking about you.

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St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospitals - Advance Directives

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Book by Doug Kaufmann and others - Know The Cause

As I began to help people with their health problems using an antifungal approach, it dawned on me that millions of people who have never met me could also benefit from this knowledge. Unfortunately, no one had ever published on the broad spectrum of symptoms and diseases I saw reversing when using this relatively simple approach. Worse, finding scientific information on each malady was much like finding a needle in a haystack. Although is took decades, thanks to my books, the work is now largely completed. You'll enjoy the education and feel more confident in my conclusions because of the scientific references I have listed within the pages of these books. Read and learn!

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Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living - MayoClinic.com

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Atrial fibrillation - MayoClinic.com

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29 Exercises You Can Do At (Or Near) Your Desk - Lifehack.org

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Five Minute Consult - www.healthleadersmedia.com

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Health Progress: Spirituality and Medicine

Hospital patients often count on chaplains for the comfort and inspiration they provide. But at one Midwestern medical center chaplains are working to extend the healing power of spirituality beyond the bedside-into doctors' offices, summer camps for grieving children, even the operating room.

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- extend the healing power of spirituality beyond the bedside-into doctors' offices, summer camps for grieving children, even the operating room
- It used to be that the physician and spiritual leader was often "one and the same" person
- In 1993, just two years before the Harvard meeting, only three of the 123 colleges of medicine in the United States actually offered courses on the importance spirituality plays in health care. But by 1999, 50 of those institutions were offering spirituality classes.
- annual "Faith and Medicine" forums
- Among the topics discussed in recent forums were "The Need to Listen versus the Desire to Tell," "Reconciling Personal Beliefs with the Obligation of Medical Professionalism" and "What Do We Say about Each Other as Physicians and Faith Leaders?"
- writing letters for terminally ill patients
- "In fact, spiritual care and medical care are partners and each has its vital and proven role in the restoration and maintenance of total health."
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Health Progress: MEASURING WHAT CHAPLAINS DO

A New Study Sheds Light on Chaplain Competencies and Productivity

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- chaplains are learning to better define their roles, to articulate their duties, and to foster recognition of their contribution to patient care
- administrators are often content with the symbolic nature of the chaplain's role
- to define:
  
  * A common language to describe what chaplains do
  
  * The typical outcomes of their work
  
  * The most appropriate ways to measure their productivity
- families see chaplains as surrogate family members who help them cope with the death of a loved one
- "Many of the people surveyed didn't know if they actually met a chaplain or not," he said. "We saw that chaplains had to take part of the responsibility for fuzzy perceptions of their roles. The problem is that fuzzy perceptions are not conducive to clear productivity and performance expectations or assessments for chaplains."
- chaplains are available to meet others' needs with no agendas of their own; to provide comfort and support in a variety of circumstances; and to facilitate an individual's journey toward peace and wholeness, among other things
- four recommendations to directors of spiritual/pastoral care for the improvement of chaplain performance and productivity measurement:
  
  * Engage staff chaplains in a reflective process of role clarification, to identify and prioritize the most common key activities and competencies expected of them.
  
  * Engage colleagues from other disciplines to help chaplains articulate performance expectations (outcome measurements) in a behavioral, common language.
  
  * As a starting point for an improved and locally customized approach to measuring chaplain productivity (efficiency), create a template to define levels of task complexity for each of five to 10 key chaplain activities.
  
  * Make a firm commitment to continuing education in order to develop the skills and competencies highlighted by the study, which will make a difference in the quality of spiritual/pastoral care.
- An example of a task involving a lower degree of complexity is a patient death that is anticipated by both the patient and his or her loved ones. A more complex situation arises in the case of the death of a patient who is unprepared for it or whose family members are in conflict about the wishes of the deceased. "In either case, a chaplain must respond to the patient's death, but many more skills and competencies are needed to deal effectively with the complex situation,"
- We have developed algorithms for this and other chaplain tasks to clarify roles, ensure quality spiritual care, and eliminate rework.
- a form that helps chaplains perform detailed assessments of patients' spiritual well-being
- measure their productivity in terms of outcomes. "We're also studying our chaplains' nonproductive time to determine whether we have the right people doing the right things and using the right tools in spiritual care,"
- developing a tool that will serve a dual purpose: to enable patients, families, and caregivers to evaluate chaplain performance and, at the same time, educate those populations about the role of chaplaincy. "The very process of completing the evaluation will educate the user about what they can and should expect from a chaplain,"
- Many of our residents conduct life reviews, looking back to assess the things they did or did not do. As chaplains, we can help them achieve closure and let go of guilt or regret. We can help them decide what they want to happen in their lives now as well as during and after their funerals. We also work with families to help them deal with the decline of a loved one.
- the importance of gathering qualitative rather than quantitative data
- The study helped our chaplains name and claim their profession by identifying some common language, levels of practice, competencies, and standards of care to which they can be held accountable
- when CHI's facilities develop their own individual, customized lists of chaplain competencies
- a lot of face-to-face dialogue with chaplains throughout our system to gain their acceptance of the study
- it is much harder to add value to an organization when no one understands what you do
- We dropped the chaplain-specific question from our survey for a number of reasons, but primarily because the chaplains' ministry today is so multidimensional that no single question can adequately capture their impact on patient satisfaction.
- more helpful and detailed feedback from routine internal surveys of sample groups of nurses, physicians, family members, and other key stakeholder recipients of their ministry
- the Catholic Health Initiatives Task Force on Chaplain Performance and Productivity, Measures of Chaplain Performance and Productivity
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Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Select a topic below to view articles, state laws, policies and helpful links

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Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Instructions to Access Webinar Recordings * (27K)

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Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (MAPS) - Informed Consent

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Ensuring Safety: Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy

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Health Literacy - Strategies: Improve the Usability of Health Information

The information below is a summary of best practices in health communication that can aid in improving health literacy.

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Low health literacy: Don't assume patient knows own illness, meds ... American Medical News

Researchers say this lack of information can be dangerous, but health literacy advocates say not all knowledge is equal.

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Chicago physician creates company out of informed consent ... American Medical News

Interactive tutorials help educate patients while decreasing the liability risk for physicians.

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Low health literacy is pervasive barrier to care ... American Medical News

Reports on patients' inability to understand health information point up the need for clear physician communication.

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AMNews: Jan. 16, 2006. New test quickly assesses literacy ... American Medical News

The complexity of health care today means many patients may not understand vital directions.

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Special Health Section - The New York Times

5 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed

St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospitals - Advance Directives

Book by Doug Kaufmann and others - Know The Cause

Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living - MayoClinic.com

Atrial fibrillation - MayoClinic.com

29 Exercises You Can Do At (Or Near) Your Desk - Lifehack.org

Five Minute Consult - www.healthleadersmedia.com

Health Progress: Spirituality and Medicine

Health Progress: MEASURING WHAT CHAPLAINS DO

Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Find Health Progress Articles | Find Articles at BNET.com

Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (MAPS) - Informed Consent

Ensuring Safety: Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy

Health Literacy - Strategies: Improve the Usability of Health Information

Low health literacy: Don't assume patient knows own illness, meds ... American Medical News

Chicago physician creates company out of informed consent ... American Medical News

Low health literacy is pervasive barrier to care ... American Medical News

AMNews: Jan. 16, 2006. New test quickly assesses literacy ... American Medical News

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