\u003cP\u003e\u003cB\u003ePromotes the importance of understanding spirituality and religious belief in health and human service care\u003c/B\u003e\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eAlthough health and human service professionals traditionally receive extensive training in the emotional and physical aspects of caring for a person, they rarely receive adequate instruction in an area often as essentialâspirituality and religious belief. Recognizing the importance of religion to a large share of the population, \u003cI\u003eReligious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Services\u003c/I\u003e fills this gap in human services literature. James W. Ellor, F. Ellen Netting, and Jane M. Thibault address the challenge of understanding the client's perspectiveâeven when it involves a religious tradition unfamiliar to the practitionerâand consider the impact of the client's needs on the agency and on public policy.\u003c/P\u003e