by Dr. David Levy | Dec 10, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
How Do You Pray in the Office? In an office setting where I will not do surgery but feel that they will benefit from prayer, this is an example of what I would say: Me: Many people find prayer helpful. I would be happy to say a prayer for your condition. Is that...
by Dr. David Levy | Dec 9, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
A patient must feel free to say “no” without feeling that a refusal will jeopardize their care or our doctor-patient relationship. My “spiritual history” consists of two questions: 1. Were you raised with a faith or religion? 2. Are you practicing a faith now? Praying...
by Dr. David Levy | Dec 1, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
Doctors and Prayer: Kindness or Coercion? Excerpt from “Should Doctors Be Involved With a Patient’s ‘Spiritual Care?’,” Medscape. October 21, 2011–Science and religion have always had a complicated relationship, so it’s not surprising that, as interest in holistic...
by Dr. David Levy | Nov 29, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
Patients Desire Prayer in the Hospital Specifically regarding prayer, 75% to 82% of Americans claim to pray regularly and/or believe in the healing power of prayer (2,3) and without specifically asking them, it is easy to overlook something that is important to them....
by Dr. David Levy | Nov 16, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
Revised January 01, 2004 From the Joint Commission Website: Spiritual Assessment Q: Does the Joint Commission specify what needs to be included in a spiritual assessment? A: Spiritual assessment should, at a minimum, determine the patient’s denomination, beliefs,...
by Dr. David Levy | Nov 16, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
(1) 75% of 35,000 Americans age 18 or older reported that they pray at least once per week with 58% praying at least once per day. Data from the Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007, among more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and...
by Dr. David Levy | Nov 10, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
The healthcare certifying organization, JCAHO, has standards for spiritual care that state that each patient’s “spiritual care be assessed, accommodated, and attended to in ways that are important to them.” (1) These standards are typically followed in the following...
by Dr. David Levy | Oct 26, 2011 | medically speaking, prayer
Prayer and Medicine Every pill we prescribe has a risk of doing good or harm. To rely on personal experience and education is not enough, no matter how many times the treatment has worked previously. Not only doctors, but lawyers, accountants, financial advisers and...
