Eunmi Lee

University of Freiburg | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg · Department of Practical Theology

Modern healthcare research has only in recent years investigated the impact of health care workers’ religious and other values on medical practice, interaction with patients, and ethically complex decision making. So far, only limited international data exist on the way such values vary across different countries. We therefore established the NERSH...

Background: Religiosity and/or spirituality (R/S) of physicians have been reported to inform behavior regarding religiosity and spirituality in clinical practice (R/S-B). Our aim was to study this association. Methods: Building upon a large international data pool of physician values we performed network and systematic literature searches using...

Background In order to facilitate better international and cross-cultural comparisons of health professionals (HPs) attitudes towards Religiosity and/or Spirituality (R/S) using individual participant data meta-analysis we updated the NERSH Data Pool. Methods We performed both a network search, a citation search and systematic literature searches...

Background In order to facilitate better international and cross-cultural comparisons of health professionals (HPs) attitudes towards Religiosity and/or Spirituality (R/S) we updated the NERSH Data Pool. Methods We performed both a network search, a citation search and systematic literature searches to find new surveys. Results We found six new s...

In recent years several position papers of relevant psychiatric associations have pled for the respectful attention and explicit integration of patients’ spiritualities and religiosities into the treatment process. How important are patients’ spiritual needs for psychiatric staff, and how spiritual do they consider themselves? How important are spi...

The amount of research concerned with the values of health professionals (HPs) is steadily growing. Around the world HPs face similar challenges when patients express their existential and spiritual views. How HPs engage these views, and the degree of embedment into consultations, differ across cultures. Today, more than ever before, researchers in...

Starting with a pilot study at Freiburg University Hospital and extending it to a Germany-wide survey first of psychiatric staff (and regional survey in South Korea, later on), followed by a survey among patients at Freiburg University Hospital, we tried to empirically contribute to the following questions in the context of inpatient psychiatry and...

Research to date has shown that health professionals often practice according to personal values, including values based on faith, and that these values impact medicine in multiple ways. While some influence of personal values are inevitable, awareness of values is important so as to sustain beneficial practice without conflicting with the values o...

Background: Observational studies indicate that religious values of physicians influence clinical practice. The aim of this study was to test prior hypotheses of prevalence of this influence using a meta-analysis design. Methods: Based on a systematic literature search we performed individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) on data based...

The present study examined the perception of contemporary German psychiatric staff (i.e., psychiatrists, psychotherapists and nurses) regarding their approach towards religious/spiritual issues in their clinical practice, and how clinical chaplains perceive attitudes and behaviors towards religiosity/spirituality of other psychiatric staff members....

Along with the bio-psycho-social model in patient-centered care, religiosity/spirituality (ReS) receives increasing attention from medical communities. Correspondingly, healthcare professionals’ perspectives and their attitudes towards ReS receive increased attention, as their attitudes play a crucial role in the therapeutic process. In this contex...

The purpose of this study was to explore how contemporary German psychiatrists think about religiosity/spirituality (ReS) in regard to their therapies. We conducted an anonymous survey among the clinical staff of psychiatry and psychotherapy departments in German university hospitals and faith-based clinics in the same cities. Two main instruments...

In the context of a growing body of international research, though not in German-speaking countries, this study examines 1) the spirituality of psychiatric staff, 2) staff's attitudes towards religiosity/spirituality of patients, and 3) the integration of religious/spiritual contents into therapeutic methods.Methods An anonymous survey distributed...

This study examined: (1) the spirituality of staff; (2) its relationship with staffs attitudes towards religiosity/spirituality of patients; and (3) with staff's integration of religious and spiritual contents in the patient's therapy. Method: An anonymous survey distributed to the staff in the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Frei...

Objectives In the context of a growing body of international research though not in German-speaking countries, this study examines 1) the extent of spirituality of staff in a psychiatric hospital, 2) their relationship to staff's attitudes towards religion / spirituality (ReS) of patients 3) and the integration of religious and spiritual contents t...