Sustaining our Spirits: Spiritual Study/Discussion Groups For Coping with Medical Illness
Illness is a universal experience that evokes a range of difficult emotions and tough spiritual questions, often without satisfying answers. Illness can be alienating and isolating. Sustaining one's spirits and preserving identity in the face of illness is a challenge for patients, family membe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2005]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and health
Year: 2005, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-225 |
| Further subjects: | B
medical illness
B Spirituality B SUPPORT groups B Religion B Healing |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Illness is a universal experience that evokes a range of difficult emotions and tough spiritual questions, often without satisfying answers. Illness can be alienating and isolating. Sustaining one's spirits and preserving identity in the face of illness is a challenge for patients, family members, and caregivers. This paper introduces Spiritual study/discussion groups to strengthen patients' perceived coping with illness. The groups introduce a spiritual perspective, provide emotional support, and offer a variety of "spiritual coping tools," utilizing traditional and contemporary resources. Preliminary evaluations suggest that a "healing" time and space is created through the provision of comfort, connection, support, and inspiration. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-005-2778-9 |
