Vol. 29, No. 5
September/October 2019
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Coping With Pain: Physical, emotional, spiritual

Giving meaning to suffering helps create healing – by David Lichter, Executive Director

Spiritual inputs from brain can modify physical pain – by Kiran Tamirisa

Spiritual care can make a difference for patients in chronic pain – by Anne Millington

When pain can’t be fixed, presence remains – by Kathy Ponce

Emotional pain may spill over into body or spirit – by Nicholas Perkins

When does pain serve a useful function? – by John Stangle

Listening to residents’ concerns helps alleviate spiritual pain – by Michele A. Boccia

Chaplains can ease patients’ fears of opioid addiction – by Linda Dickey

Art and nature can help patients manage their pain – by Susan De Longis

Listening compassionately to the pain and suffering of elders – by Sr. M. Peter Lillian di Maria

Chaplains can advocate for proper pain management – by Kathleen Kaskel and Patricia Moyle Wright

A spiritual intervention for pain palliation – by Rabbi Melech Lensky

Book Review: Forgiveness Makes You Free – by John Gillman