Abstract
This study examined how health professionals signify the religiosity and faith of patients under cancer treatment and how they themselves experience such phenomena. This is a qualitative-descriptive study, using the phenomenological framework as set out by Stein and Ales Bello, as a way of understanding the human being in its totality - physical, mental and spiritual. Most professionals report they are spiritualists, two are Catholics, one physician is a Buddhist and another is a Spiritist. They believe that religion is inherent to all human beings. Professionals convicted of their religion (less than half) believe in divine protection and recognize religiosity as a support and comfort for patients and their families in coping with illness. They expect patients to live their faith with prudence, never losing sight of reality.
Highlights
Working with cancer patients is always a challenge due to the complexity of the situation
This study presents, in light of Stein’s anthropological philosophy[1,2], a way to understand how health professionals perceive the religiosity and spirituality of their patients under cancer treatment and how these professionals experience their own spirituality
The results revealed that 80% of the students reported to have a religious or spiritual belief and 86.5% of these reported one or more spiritual activities such as: praying, meditation, or reading religious texts (Christianity, Judaism, and Islamism)
Summary
Working with cancer patients is always a challenge due to the complexity of the situation. The study aimed to apply and evaluate a training program for health professionals using therapeutic interventions for terminal patients “relaxation, mental images and spirituality” (RIME), re-signifying these patients’ spiritual pain The results of this quantitative and qualitative study indicated that professionals felt well using this new technique. Studies indicate the need to have a psychologist and a chaplain prepared to listen to patients and be spiritually in line (transcendent) with them This posture can help patients to construct meaning in experiencing suffering inherent to the disease, which in turn could facilitate the care practice of health professionals. This is an original study in the health field, in oncology, addressing religiosity and spirituality www.eerp.usp.br/rlae. This study is expected to inspire health professionals and professors in the field to enable their students to develop humane care and prepare them to deal with the patient-team-family triad
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