Spirituality in Nursing Theory and Practice: Dilemmas for Christian Bioethics

Moral strangerhood is due in part to competing worldviews. The profession of nursing is experiencing a paradigm shift which creates ethical dilemmas for both Christian nurses and Christian patients. Nursing's new focus on spirituality and spiritual care presents itself as broadly defining a des...

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Authors: Salladay, Susan Anthony (Author) ; Shelly, Judith Allen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 1997
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-38
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Summary:Moral strangerhood is due in part to competing worldviews. The profession of nursing is experiencing a paradigm shift which creates ethical dilemmas for both Christian nurses and Christian patients. Nursing's new focus on spirituality and spiritual care presents itself as broadly defining a desired state or patient outcome — spiritual integrity — supposed to be applicable to all patients of all faiths. Analysis of nursing's definition of spirituality reveals assumptions and values consistent with an Eastern/New Age worldview which may cause hostility towards Christian patients stereotyped as dogmatic or noncompliant.
ISSN:1744-4195
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/cb/3.1.20