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The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish)
http://www.gwish.org/

Gwish is an organization that sponsors programs for educating medical students and clinicians about the spiritual needs of the dying. Led by Christina Puchalski, MD, a wonderful speaker and dynamic clinician, who travels the country advocating for patients spiritual rights at the end of life and the FICA spiritual assessment.

From the website here is a more detailed description of Gwish's goals:
GWish wants to influence the current healthcare system in the United States by seeking to establish a more compassionate and integrated system of care. Some ways to bring about this change are as follows:
Recognizing the spiritual dimension of health and suffering.

Spirituality is the dimension of a person that seeks to find meaning in his or her life. It is also the quality that supports connection to and relationship with the sacred, as well as with each other. Physicians and healthcare workers need to be aware of the importance of the spiritual needs of those who are ill and suffer. Such awareness will lead to compassionate care.

Educating healthcare professionals about spirituality's critical role.

Patients often suffer deeply in their lives, suffering that is both difficult to witness and ease. As a result, physicians and healthcare workers often avoid those who suffer because they fear there is "nothing they can do." Addressing the spiritual needs of patients at this time can assist them in their suffering.

Addressing spiritual care needs and offering a compassionate presence to those who suffer deeply.

Spirituality is fundamental to the caring relationship between doctor and patient, and between all healthcare providers and their patients. This is true since medicine has its roots in service, a spiritual value. One of the core values of the profession of medicine, therefore, is the compassionate care of the sick.

Other Goals of the GWish Vision
GWish aims to reestablish the connection between spirituality and health in medicine today.

GWish seeks to stimulate the changes on the individual practitioner level and within the field of medicine and society.

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