The link between spiritual and physical health is still poorly understood by nursing and medical staff. By focusing on three short case studies. Ray Morrison illustrates the particular benefits of spiritual health care in helping patients identify the nature of 'right' relationships with others, and speculates that nursing concentration on this particular area can lead to improvements in patients' physical health.

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Spiritual care: diagnosing spiritual pain in patients.

Although spiritual pain has achieved comparable recognition to physical and emotional pain in the care of patients with terminal disease, it is less well recognised in those who are not terminally ill. This article describes the signs of spiritual pain in hospital patients and emphasises the crucial role of nurses in diagnosing and alleviating it.

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Asymmetry of the occipital condyles: a computer-assisted analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the incidence of asymmetry of the occipital condyles. The a priori hypothesis of symmetry (which is pervasive both in the determination of "subluxation" and in the means chosen for correction) was tested. DESIGN: Data set design was used with a convenience sample. The condyles were chosen for convenience of visualization from plain film radiographs. The study was retrospectively designed, albeit with prospective implications for analytic investigation. SETTING: The research department of Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, MO. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: One hundred fifty-one submentovertex radiographs were examined using a computer-assisted digitizer. The radiographs were randomly obtained from the patient files of two doctors of chiropractic who routinely use this type of radiograph in their patient analysis. INTERVENTIONS: The study was a side-to-side comparison of the condyles, which were subject to neither intervention nor change. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Surface area of left and right condyles for 151 examined pairs. RESULTS: Analysis with Pearson's correlation coefficient implied a lack of symmetry between condyles (r = .37; p < .0001). The scatterplot revealed values widely dispersed about the regression line, and the standard error of the estimate was 36.7. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that the underlying premise of symmetry in chiropractic analysis needs to be reexamined.

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Interrelationship of the mind, body and emotions in the cancer fight.

There is an interrelationship between the mind, body and emotions in the fight against cancer. Stress seems to play a key role in the generation and continuation of cancer and there appear to be cancer-prone personality patterns associated with the propagation of increased stress levels. Psychological intervention methods have been developed to help patients cope, and the health care team can make a difference.

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Spiritual health care and the nurse.

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Three-dimensional computerized tomography: a quantum leap in diagnostic imaging?

Ever since the discovery of radium by Madame Curie, men and women of vision and science have labored to improve radiation technology. Over a period of approximately 85 years, we have gone from this initial discovery to three-dimensional computerized transmission tomography; one of the latest techniques in modern day x-ray imaging. Its uses are vast and unparalleled in many facets of medicine and surgery, outlining pathology as never before seen, and possibly, never before completely understood. Three-dimensional computerized tomography is rapidly gaining popularity in cross-sectional imaging of the foot and ankle. It has proven invaluable in elucidating osseous and soft tissue pathology. Abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system that exhibit complex anatomy are often difficult to interpret using standard radiographic techniques. Overall, three-dimensional computerized tomography has established itself as a means by which clinicians may appreciate the three-dimensional disposition of anatomy and disease.

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