COVID-19, Aged Care, Cancer, Medical Research and Mental Health

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This last issue for 2020 of the Journal of Religion and Health (JORH 2020a) recognizes a number of milestones relating to: COVID-19, aged care, cancer, various medical research, mental health, and the JORH Editorial. The first milestone I wish to mention is with regard to Reverend Curtis Hart retiring as JORH Editor-in-Chief. The last 10 years of JORH under Curt’s editorship have been extraordinary. For those of us who are loyal JORH readers and, even more so, for those of us who are producers of research and script, Curt became (perhaps unwittingly) an invaluable mentor for many around the world (including myself) by encouraging research and discussion concerning the correlation between religion and health. Subsequently, this assisted the growth of these two interdisciplinary areas and the rise of JORH as a valuable and resourceful medium for academics and clinicians. We warmly and wholeheartedly thank Curtis Hart for his dedication and distinguished service to JORH and the international community. …