Revisiting Viktor Frankl: his contributions to the contemporary interest in spirituality and health care.
The case is made for location of spirituality to be in the body, and at the same time for the power of the spirit to transcend the body when it is afflicted. The author highlights Viktor Frankl's strongest convictions that one can survive through the shear power of one's spirit. Correspondingly, the promise of resurrection can help a Christian to maintain a vision of life, stay courageous though there may be no hope of tomorrow as we have known it. The author asserts the role of the hospital chaplain in helping the sick person to draw upon his or her spiritual strength to cope with their physical illness or affliction.
Gojmerac-Leiner
Georgia
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Catholic Pastoral Care Services, Emerson Hospital, 133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Concord, MA 01742, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D026443:Spiritual Therapies; D014481:United States