Proceeding Apr05 Overview

3rd American Samueli Symposium
Developing Healing Relationships
Alexandria, VA
April 21-22, 2005

Sponsors

Samueli Institute

Purpose & Focus

To explore and discuss the subject of optimal healing environments; specifically healing relationships.  Relationships and communication are the key to the delivery of caring, healing and quality medical care.  Trust, honesty, compassion, and communication form the primary components of healing relationships. The elements of a healing relationship are examined and how they contribute or detract from healing environments.

Audience

Basic and clinical scientists, academics, health maintenance organization providers and administrators, policy makers and philosophers.

Outcome

The 11 papers prepared for the conference were published as a Supplement to the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in December 2005.

Table of Contents

Developing Healing Relationships: Foreword from the Organizers (View Article)
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Ronald A. Chez, Wayne B. Jonas
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement  1: s-1-s-2.

Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving Healing (View Article)
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Ronald A. Chez, Wayne B. Jonas
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-3-s-6.

Finding Common Ground: Patient -Centeredness and Evidence -Based Chronic Illness Care (View Article)
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Edward H. Wagner, Susan M. Bennett, Brian T. Austin, Sarah M. Greene, Judith K. Schaefer, Michael Vonkorff
Journal of Alternative and Complement ary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-7-s-15.

Studying Optimal Healing Environments: Challenges and  Proposals (View Article) (application/pdf, 56.8 kB, info)
Patrick G. O'Malley
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vo l. 11, supplement 1: s-17-s-22.

Hope and the Prospects of Healing at the End of Life (View Article)
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Chris Feudtner
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement  1: s-23-s-30.

Patients, Doctors, and Videotape: A Prescription for  Creating Optimal Healing Environments? (application/pdf, 77.9 kB, info
Richard M. Frankel, Sue Hee Sung, John T. Hsu
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-31-s-39.

Healing Landscapes: Patients, Relationships, and Creating Optimal Healing Places(View Article)
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William L. Miller, Benjamin F. Crabtree
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-41-s-49.

Communication About Symptoms in Primary Care: Impact on Patient Outcomes  (View Article)
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Jeffrey L. Jackson
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-51-s-56.

Integrative Health Care: How Can We Determine Whether Patients Benefit? (View Article)
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Marja J. Verhoef, Andrea Mulkins, Heather Boon
Journal of Alternative an d Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-57-s-65.

Diverse and Changing Perceptions of the Body: Communicating Illness, Health, and Risk in an Age of Medical Pluralism (View Article) (application/pdf, 74.2 kB, info)
Rita Agdal
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-67-s-75.

The Future of Patient -Centered Care: Scenarios, Visions, and Audacious Goals (View Article)
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Clement Bezold
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Dec 2005, Vol. 11, supplement 1: s-77-s-84.

Contributors List (application/pdf, 25.7 kB, info)

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