title: [What is spirituality and how it helps].
abstract: In 2006 we reviewed the medical aspects of spirituality in this journal (1). Since the end of 2006 till March 27th 2009 the number of papers dealing with spirituality in the database of U. S. National Library of Medicine increased from 2805 to 3948. We present brief updated review what spirituality is, what its medical consequences are and how it can be developed.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrická lécebna Bohnice a Institut postgraduálního vzdelávání ve zdravotnictví, Praha. nespor.k@seznam.cz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nespor
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality