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Impact of childhood cancer on religious life of Korean families
Author(s) -
MARTINSON PAUL V.,
MARTINSON IDA M.,
KIM SUSIE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1996.tb00236.x
Subject(s) - faith , medicine , relevance (law) , religious life , christianity , childhood cancer , developmental psychology , social psychology , cancer , psychology , religious studies , epistemology , law , philosophy , political science
This paper reports on the social and personal relevance of religious faith entering into the situation of family stress due to the illness of a child with cancer. The expectations of religious faith may include, objectively, the actual physical healing of the child or the determination of the child's fate; it may include, subjectively, the hope for emotional support, the provision of moral guidance in time of difficulty, or an overarching life‐view. There were major religious changes in 20% of the families. While all the major religious faiths in South Korea were represented in the study, 61% of the sample identified Christianity as their primary religious response.