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- Title
Caritas, spirituality and religiosity in nurses' coping.
- Authors
EKEDAHL, M. A.; WENGSTRÖM, Y.
- Abstract
EKEDAHL M. & WENGSTRÖM Y. (2010) European Journal of Cancer Care Caritas, spirituality and religiosity in nurses' coping The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate registered nurses' coping processes when working with terminally ill and dying cancer patients, with special focus on religious aspects of coping resources. What religious components can be identified as coping resources in oncology nurses' orienting system and what function has religiosity in the nurse's work? The theoretical reference is care philosophy and the psychology of religion and coping. The material consists of interviews with 15 Swedish registered oncology nurses. The results highlight different dynamic aspects of the nurses' life orientation such as caritas, religiosity, spirituality and atheism and demonstrate that religiosity can have a protective function that facilitates coping, as the nurse has something to turn to. Religious coping dominated by basic trust where prayer is used as a coping strategy may support the nurse.
- Subjects
NURSING; NURSE stress; NURSE-patient relationships; CANCER patient medical care; CANCER patients' religious life; RELIGION
- Publication
European Journal of Cancer Care, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 4, p530
- ISSN
0961-5423
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01089.x