title: Impact of childhood cancer on religious life of Korean families.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Martinson
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Martinson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires