This paper reviews the evidence on how spirituality and religious practice relate to outcomes such as quality of life, depression and adherence to treatment in patients with chronic heart failure. It argues for coordinated care in which primary care, cardiology, palliative care and nursing work together with those who provide psychosocial and spiritual support.
Citation
Jesse J. Naghi, Kiran J. Philip, Anita Phan, Laurent Cleenewerck, and Ernst R. Schwarz, “The Effects of Spirituality and Religion on Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure,” Journal of Religion and Health 51, no. 4 (2012): 1124–36.