Children’s experience of holiness in health care. Are we rendering effective spiritual care?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Children’s experience of holiness in health care. Are we rendering effective spiritual care? | |
| Creator | Oberholzer, Annemarie E. | |
| Description | Children themselves place a high value on their own spiritual care when in hospital. However, the spiritual care of children in hospital is often overlooked. Hospitalisation and medical procedures can be traumatic and overwhelming for children, they often see hospitalisation as punishment for something they did wrong and they can even experience spiritual distress during illness and suffering. The spiritual care of hospitalised children should thus be a priority to help these children making sense of pain and suffering, and assisting them to connect with a loving and forgiving God. Spirituality namely influences a diverse range of human concerns such as beliefs about illness and health, fears, relationships with family and friends and the experience of pain and suffering. Unfortunately, children often harbour misconceptions precisely in these areas. This article will draw directly on the given that children are concrete thinkers, yet able to have an understanding of holiness and God as the Holy One, if they receive the right guidance. The study will explore children’s spirituality and the way in which they experience holiness in the healthcare environment from a nursing science perspective. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-09-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3454 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 72, No 4 (2016); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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