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01-06-2018 | Philosophical Exploration

Complimentary Care: When Our Patients Request to Pray

Author: Cheryl Ann Green

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Prayer is viewed in modern medicine as a complimentary alternative treatment. However, to many patients, it is a source of hope and comfort. Patients, when facing illness, advanced disease, disability or death, can benefit from prayer. For healthcare providers, comfort with praying with patients can be deemed as unprofessional conduct or blurred therapeutic boundaries, particularly, when prayer is offered to patients’ unsolicited by the patient or their family member(s). Therefore, it is imperative that healthcare providers await the request of prayer by the patient before prayer is initiated.

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Title: Complimentary Care: When Our Patients Request to Pray
Author: Cheryl Ann Green
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0599-x

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Complimentary Care: When Our Patients Request to Pray

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