According to a recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, asking about a patient's spirituality can and should be a part of caregiving. In addition, spirituality could play a vital role in health care for those undergoing severe health issues and benefit an individual's overall well-being.
"Spirituality, the source of a person's core meaning, purpose and values, is important to health because it often forms the foundation for understanding and coping with health problems and how health-informed decisions are made," says Dr. Tracy Balboni, one of the study's lead authors and senior physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Harvard.
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