Caring for patients of diverse religious traditions: Catholicism.
Your patient is a Catholic, and you are not. How can you be sensitive to the patient's spiritual needs? How do Catholics think about health and illness? What kind of spiritual resources do they draw upon when facing a health crisis?
Narayan
Mary Curry
MC
Visiting Nurse Service Network, 10340 Brittenford Drive, Vienna, VA 22182, USA. mary.narayan@cox.net
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002410:Catholicism / Q000523:psychology*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004645:Empathy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006694:Holistic Health; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010327:Pastoral Care; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D016746:Transcultural Nursing