March 22, 2007.Spirituality and Medicine
Topic of Next Discovery Series Program on April 17
FARMINGTON, CONN. – The connections between spirituality and medicine
will be explored during the next Discovery Series program, April
17, at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
As always, the Discovery Series is free and will begin at 7
p.m. in the Health Center’s Keller Auditorium. Registration is required.
Please call 800-535-6232 or 860-679-7692. The program is being presented
together with the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“There is growing evidence to suggest that faith can have a positive
affect on a patient’s outcome and that, conversely, illness can raise
many spiritual issues,” said Audrey Chapman, Ph.D., the Joseph M.
Healey, Jr. Chair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, and one of the
speakers. Dr. Chapman, who is also an ordained minister with the United
Church of Christ, will talk about the relevance of spirituality to
health, as well as the difference between spirituality and religion.
“Spirituality and medicine are linked in a very personal way,” said
Peter J. Deckers, M.D., the Health Center’s executive vice president for
health affairs, dean of the UConn School of Medicine and a surgical
oncologist with the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Deckers will
speak as a physician, a patient and professor.
“As healthcare providers and as instructors of the physicians of
tomorrow, we strive to see every patient as a unique individual with
their own beliefs and spiritual needs. It is our responsibility to be
respectful of each patient’s beliefs and how they shape the decisions we
will make together,” Dr. Deckers added.
The third speaker will be Dawn Vaillancourt who will share a personal
story about how faith played a role in her medical experience. |
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