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The Influence Of Religiousness In The Process Of Development Of Cancer
Author(s) -
Antônio José Gomes,
Helyane Candido Pereira,
José Lucas Souza Ramos,
Camila Macêdo de Figueiredo,
Maryldes Lucena Bezerra de Oliveira,
Wilma José de Santana,
Cí­ntia de Lima Garcia,
Gustavo Carreiro Pinasco,
Caroline Feitosa Dibai de Castro,
Luíz Carlos de Abreu,
Ítalla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2112
Subject(s) - religiosity , spirituality , medicine , coping (psychology) , faith , perception , disease , clinical psychology , meaning (existential) , psychotherapist , psychology , social psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , theology , philosophy , neuroscience
There are positive influences of religious and spiritual beliefs in the face of diseases such as cancer. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the influence of spirituality and religiosity in cancer in the perspective of cancer patients. METHODS: It is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, carried out with 10 patients in cancer treatment, aged between 37 and 75 years. Data were collected through interviews, containing guiding questions about the theme and treated according to the Content Analysis. RESULTS: The results are summarized into three categories: (1) perceptions / conceptions of patients in the discovery of cancer; (2) vision and experience of spirituality / religiosity of cancer patients and (3) the influence of spirituality / religiosity in the treatment of cancer. They were discussed in the light of the relevant literature to the subject. CONCLUSION: Cancer brings a new life meaning for patients. Religion and spirituality have a strong relationship between the disease and faith in the possibilities of healing, which makes the religious coping a stress reduction strategy and improves quality of life of people.

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