title: [Religion and spirituality: the experience of families of children with Chronic Renal Failure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the manifestations of religiosity and spirituality in families of children with Chronic Kidney Failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative research is a case study with multiple subjects. Meaningful content analysis was adopted, using the thematic type, in the framework of family nursing in health promotion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four families participated in the study, totaling fourteen participants. Religion and spirituality appear as important resources for family members in coping with the chronic disease, mainly in view of threatening prognoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important for nurses to understand the family's religious and spirituality in the disease process, with a view to their work in health promotion.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP.
authors.forename: Erica Simpionato de
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.forename: Lucila Castanheira
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Semiramis Melani Melo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality