Meaning-based therapy may aid terminal patients

Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, professor of Medicine, executive director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, and clinician at the GW Medical Faculty Associates, was quoted in a Reuters article about a new study that suggests psychotherapy focused on spirituality and finding meaning may help improve quality of life and well-being in terminally ill cancer patients.

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Washington, D.C., leaders, joined representatives from Universal Health Services (UHS), the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GW SMHS) and The GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) April 10, as Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon on the first new hospital to open…
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