ABSTRACT
The role of spirituality in health is part of the curriculum in the majority of the nations medical schools. According to a 2008 publication of American Medical News , 100 of the roughly 150 medical schools in the United States offer some courses in their curricula on spirituality in medicine, and 75 of the 100 make at least one course on that subject a student requirement. Furthermore, the Association of American Medical Colleges has provided a description of spirituality as a component of its Medical School Objectives Project: Spirituality is recognized as a factor that contributes to health in many persons. It is expressed in an individual’s search for ultimate meaning through participation in religion and/or belief in God, family, naturalism, humanism and the arts. The patients agenda and needs are the primary foci, not those of the clinician.
