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Religious and Spiritual Practices and Coping

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A large proportion of Americans appears to rely on attendance at religious services, prayer, meditation, and/or other religious or spiritual practices to cope with health-related issues. Accordingly, it is likely that social workers will encounter clients who utilize these strategies. The chapter builds on Chaps. 4 and 8 by exploring the research relating to reliance on prayer, meditation, and coping with illness. The chapter discusses the implications of the client’s reliance on prayer and meditation, as well as the social worker’s use of these strategies with and for clients.

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Loue, S. (2017). Religious and Spiritual Practices and Coping. In: Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7039-1_11

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