Brazilian inpatients perspectives on spirituality, religiosity and the healthcare relationship regarding spirituality and religiosity in a university hospital

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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2021v18n1.54220

Abstract

Spiritual and religious care is essential to help individuals overcome suffering and cope with the disease. OBJECTIVE: We investigated in a sample of 25 Brazilian patients hospitalized in medical and surgical shared wards of a university hospital their preferences about spirituality/religiosity(S/R) in the care provided. METHODS: We used an ethnographic  approach, analyzed using the discourse of the collective subject. RESULTS: The results showed that for interviewed patients the needs related to the S/R were less critical than  their relationship with the health team and their medical needs, and some of them  considered the hospital ward an inappropriate place  to talk about S/R. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE: These findings emphasize the role of the patient-health team relationship in the patient's perspective about the need to insert the S/R approach in care and indicate that better understanding about patient’s S/R and personal preferences is urgent for clinical practice and healthcare education.

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Ana Paula Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB

UFPB - CE - Departamento de Ciências das Religiões. Nutricionista e Psicóloga Social(Ms).

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2022-02-11

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VIANA MARQUES, V. .; DE OLIVEIRA VALENTE, T. C. .; CAVALCANTI, A. P. R. Brazilian inpatients perspectives on spirituality, religiosity and the healthcare relationship regarding spirituality and religiosity in a university hospital. Religare: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências das Religiões da UFPB, [S. l.], v. 18, n. 1, p. 230–246, 2022. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2021v18n1.54220. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/religare/article/view/54220. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.