Religion’s Role in Healing to Be Studied
A handful of medical schools will get a financial boost to offer students classes on the role of spirituality and religion in health care.
The National Institute for Healthcare Research and the John Templeton Foundation announced $25,000 grants to eight medical schools. The money will fund courses on such things as religious beliefs and the role of faith among the terminally ill.
Students at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta will be paired with terminally ill patients from the day the patient’s condition is diagnosed to the day they die. They will even be involved in the funeral arrangements.
“They will see the whole dying process from what the patient goes through to how the patient uses religion as a relief,” said Valenica Clay, a Morehouse physician.
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