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- Title
A Working Model for Religious/Spiritual Intervention of Patients with Breast Cancer in Iran: From the Viewpoints of Experts.
- Authors
Ghaempanah, Zeinab; Aghababaei, Naser; Lueke, Niloufar A.; Rafieinia, Parvin; Sabahi, Parviz; Makvand Hosseini, Shahrokh; Buchanan, Susan; Furlong, Lilian Velasco
- Abstract
Breast cancer may be associated with religious/spiritual problems for women. This multimethod qualitative study aims to show the components of religious/spiritual intervention strategies in breast cancer cases in Iran. The religious/spiritual intervention strategies were arranged according to the patient's religious/spiritual problems based on the proposed tree diagram. This working model includes answering questions regarding the religious/spiritual cause(s) of the disease; distinguishing between divine justice and getting sick; describing the patient's attitude toward God and its effect on viewing the disease; explaining the patient's feelings and emotional relationship with God; identifying weakened religious/spiritual beliefs and replacing them with accepted beliefs; and using daily practices to communicate with God. Implications of the findings and usefulness of this model are discussed. Spiritual care providers can use this model to provide religious/spiritual care services to Iranian Muslim women with breast cancer.
- Subjects
IRAN; BREAST cancer; CANCER patients; PATIENTS' attitudes; MUSLIM women; RELIGIOUS identity; PARISH nursing
- Publication
Pastoral Psychology, 2023, Vol 72, Issue 2, p225
- ISSN
0031-2789
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11089-022-01047-7