The Spirituality in Health Care Network (SHCN) is a network of Professionals Dedicated to Integrating Spirituality in Health Care. SHCN was founded December 2000, in Toronto, Canada, by Yvonne Kason MD and John Thornton MD together with a group of over 50 founding members. It was unanimously agreed that SHCN would be a bridging network, a forum for spiritually oriented health-care professionals of diverse specialty and training and spiritual leaders of all affiliations to explore the integration of spiritual traditions and practices into health-care.