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Parish nursing presents a new approach to healthcare as well as pastoral care, linking together the spiritual and medical communities. With today's over-burdened healthcare system and an aging population, the need for parish nursing is becoming crucial. The parish nurse could be a key link between the two systems, providing truly wholistic care. "Parish Nursing" describes the preparation needed to become a parish nurse and looks at several leaders in the parish nurse movement, presenting the steps needed to initiate a program and look at the future of parish nursing in the areas of clinical practice, education, and research. The appendix includes: parish nursing curricula, resources for parish nursing, sample surveys and assessment tools, and a sample healing service. Stories from parish nurses illustrate their work as health advocates and educators, counselors, and integrators of faith and health.

Carson is the national director of Behavioral Health at Tender Loving Care-Staff Builders Home Health and Hospice. Koenig is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Burton, Academic Dean and Professor of Pastoral Studies, The Methodist Theological School in Ohio.