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Caritas, spirituality and religiosity in nurses' coping
Author(s) -
EKEDAHL M.A.,
WENGSTRÖM Y.
Publication year - 2010
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.1365-2354.2009.01089.x
Subject(s) - religiosity , coping (psychology) , spirituality , medicine , coping behavior , nursing , clinical psychology , psychology , social psychology , alternative medicine , pathology
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.