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Religion and Medicine: How are They Related?

Vanderpool, Harold Y., Levin, Jeffrey S.·1990·Journal of Religion & Health
DOI 10.1007/bf00987090
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This paper provides a comprehensive and dynamic profile of religion-medicine interrelationships. This profile is drawn from the respective characteristics of religion and medicine, as well as from historic and contemporary literature regarding their interconnections. Six symbiotic functions are identified and discussed with respect to their bearing on clinical practice, medical education, and research.

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  • Both religion and medicine postulate fundamental principles about human life, prescribe and proscribe actions, establish institutions and roles, alleviate pain, manage aspects of human life, and enhance the human condition.

    “Specifically, both religion and medicine (a) postulate fundamental principles about human life (i.e., express worldviews), (b) prescribe and proscribe actions taken with respect to human life (i.e., profess codes of morality and/or ethics), (c) establish institutions and roles (e.g., formal organizations and professional or paraprofessional statuses), (d) alleviate the pain of human existence (e.g”

    From New Age Healing: Origins, Definitions, and Implications for Religion and Medicine (2022) · cites this paper as Vanderpool and Levin 1990

  • New Age beliefs and practices focus on healing and are spiritually contexted.

    “The fact that New Age beliefs and practices focus on healing and are spiritually contexted is not surprising in light of the convergence of New Age concepts and principles with those of holistic and alternative therapies; the reliance on New Age ideas by many seekers as a substitute for institutional religion as a source of order and meaning; and the shared dynamics and functions of religion and”

    From New Age Healing: Origins, Definitions, and Implications for Religion and Medicine (2022) · cites this paper as Vanderpool and Levin 1990

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Authors
Vanderpool, H. Y., & Levin, J. S.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School (US)
Venue
Journal of Religion & Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1990
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
9-20
ISSN
  • 0022-4197 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6571
DOI
10.1007/bf00987090
OpenAlex
W1977510915
Cited by
22
References
85
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Religion and Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
Keywords
religion and medicine, religion, medicine, clinical practice, medical education, medical research, religion and health

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