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New NAM Perspectives

Commentary

Faith-Health Collaboration to Improve Community and Population Health
Authors:  Wayne B. Jonas and Rev. Maeba Jonas

Faith professionals work alongside clinicians in tending to those who are ill or injured, but their practices seldom intersect. By working in tandem, health professionals and faith leaders could together provide true whole-person care.

The authors of our newest NAM Perspectives Commentary describe how close, intentional collaboration between faith communities and medical professionals can foster better care for the entire patient, as well as promote improved population health. Read more>>
 
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  Tweet this!  How can the gap between medicine and faith be bridged without succumbing to denominational competition? Authors of our newest #NAMPerspectives provide real-life examples of success and potential tools to assist in collaboration: https://doi.org/10.31478/201908a

  Tweet this!  Health and well-being are not only cultivated within a hospital or medical facility – yet faith leaders are often left out of conversations about health. Why a faith-health collaboration is critical to treating the whole patient: https://doi.org/10.31478/201908a #NAMPerspectives

 
The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily of the authors’ organizations, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies). The paper is intended to help inform and stimulate discussion. It is not a report of the NAM or the National Academies. Copyright by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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