Editorial: Religion and Health

Excerpt

For a variety of reasons, religion and faith, with their accompanying beliefs and practices, are once more becoming overtly visible in public life and discourse. Sometimes this increased visibility focuses on problems such as accommodating the needs of groups of service users or staff. Sometimes it ranges round the increased role that religion and faith might have in promoting and providing better health and care services. One thing seems to be clear; religion in all its many forms and manifestations is not something that can be ignored in publicly used and provided health services. It is here, and it is here to stay. …