Religious Literacy and Medical Interpretation: Giving Meaning to Meaning in the Twenty-First-Century American Hospital
The article explores religious literacy and its medical interpretation: possibility for religious misunderstanding and its legal and political ramifications; consequences of the combination of religious diversity and religious illiteracy for the contemporary health care profession; and need of train...
| Authors: | ; |
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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) |
| Published: |
2019
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| In: |
Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-305 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Medicine
B Hospitals B United States B CULTURAL literacy B RELIGIONS; Study & teaching B Religious Aspects B Religious Literacy |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The article explores religious literacy and its medical interpretation: possibility for religious misunderstanding and its legal and political ramifications; consequences of the combination of religious diversity and religious illiteracy for the contemporary health care profession; and need of training in religious literacy should be provided to all health care providers. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2019.0027 |
