title: Introduction: religion in medical and nursing practice.
abstract: Twelve personal narratives address the challenges, benefits, and pitfalls of integrating religion with medical and nursing practice. Three commentary articles explore these stories and suggest lessons that can be learned from them. The commentators come from backgrounds that include bioethics, medical practice, and spiritual studies.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D005791:Patient Care; D010820:Physicians; D012068:Religion and Medicine