In the beginning: a Canadian ethnographic study on sources and definitions of spiritual reflection used by health care professionals who are not chaplains.
This qualitative study presents a literature review, methodology, findings and discussion from a sample of 20 health care professional around their experiences of sources and definitions of spiritual reflection. The sample includes nursing, social work, occupational therapy, medicine, physiotherapy, music therapy, psychology and recreational therapy. Major sources are music, poetry, stories and sacred texts. Definitions are meaning making and encountering the divine along with personal reflection on values and assumptions. Limitations of the research and recommendations for education, practice and future research are also presented.
O'Connor
Thomas St James
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Waterloo Lutheran Seminary/Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. toconnor@wlu.ca
Chow
Mike
M
Payne
Gary
G
Young
Janet
J
Rivera
Myrta
M
Meakes
Elizabeth
E
McGregor
Laura
L
Howitt
Janet
J
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality