Religious and Spiritual Differences Within Families: Influences on End-of-life Decision Making

Webb, Judith; Stouffer, Lauren E.

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.05.018

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“…[7][8][9] Connection with God, can be a different experience in dealing with anxiety and depression, exerting positive results. [10,11] Spiritual understanding arising from people's mental health results in an awareness of facts, values, credibility and ethics. [12,13] The Quran recitation is considered as a religious coping behavior and it is of particular importance in Muslim communities.…”

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“…[12,13] The Quran recitation is considered as a religious coping behavior and it is of particular importance in Muslim communities. [10] God's words affect the spirit in a way that after hearing it, feeling of lightness, vitality and freedom from the bondages of the material world is induced in human beings. The healing power of the Quran refers to both mental and physical health.…”

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The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

Darabinia

Gorji

Afzali

2017

JNEP

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This study was conducted with aim of determine the effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the medical staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Sari, Iran). This quasi-experiment study was done in 2016. According to same study 80 medical staff of Mazandaran University of medical sciences (Mazandaran, Iran) were gathered according to inclusion criteria's. Inclusion criteria's were (i) complete satisfaction to study, (ii) no having mental or physical disorders. In case of emergency events participants were excluded from study. Then participants randomly distributed to two groups (40 participants in control and experimental group). Experimental group listened to some verses of the Holy Quran for 3 months at the beginning of each working day for 3 minutes, while the control group didn't receive the Quran recitation. The findings showed that 45% of staffs were male and 55% of staffs were women. The average age of staffs was 44.87 ± 3.56. The mean of mental health and all its domains, after hearing the verses of the Quran, in experimental group was higher than the control group (p < .05). Also women indicated a higher average score than men on mental health, behavioral and socio emotional domains. As a final conclusion and on the basis of the findings of this study; it can be said, particularly in Muslim communities, hearing the Quran recitations improves the mental state of the people. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Quran recitations to reinforce positive emotions and psychological comfort for Muslim staffs.

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The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

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Gorji

Afzali

2017

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“…[6][7][8] In addition, these guidelines are used in health care practice in the form of legislation, thus ensuring patients' autonomy concerning their life, improving family satisfaction, and effectively protecting the interests of the ICU medical and nursing staff members as well as the interests of the patients and their families. [9][10][11][12] Although different countries face the same problem, they have unique methods of coping based on differences in cultural background, social values, and legal forms in different regions. 13 In China, end-of-life care is poorly developed and mainly focuses on terminal cancer patients and minimally focuses on ICU patients with terminal-stage disease.…”

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End-of-Life Decision-Making Experiences and Influencing Factors Reported by Intensive Care Unit Medical and Nursing Staff Members in Southwestern China

Liu

Hou-xiu

Chang-bi

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Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing

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End-of-life decision making precedes many deaths in intensive care units (ICUs). In China, there are no guidelines for end-of-life decision making, and information on the frequency of such decisions is scarce. This article aimed to understand the end-of-life decision-making experiences and the influencing factors of 15 medical and nursing staff members from the general ICU department of a grade 3 hospital of Luzhou, Sichuan. We used the phenomenological method of qualitative research to explore the factors influencing end-of-life decision making through the experiences of participants. Data collection continued until information saturation was achieved. The factors affecting the end-of-life decision-making experience of ICU medical and nursing staff members included a negative physician-patient relationship associated with mistrust and potential conflict, a lack of awareness of palliative care, restrictive health policies, and economic factors. The main factors affecting the end-of-life decision making of ICU medical and nursing staff members were the economic conditions of the patient and current health care legislation. An effective coping mechanism should be established based on medical, economic, legal, and educational fields to normalize end-of-life decision making on the basis of a standard procedure and laws to effectively protect the interests of medical and nursing staff members as well as patients and their families. KEY WORDSend-of-life decisions, factors, intensive care unit, life-sustaining treatment, prospect

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Quality of Spiritual Care at the End of Life: What the Family Expects for Their Loved One

Heinke

Borchert

Young

et al. 2019

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

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Religious and Spiritual Differences Within Families: Influences on End-of-life Decision Making

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

End-of-Life Decision-Making Experiences and Influencing Factors Reported by Intensive Care Unit Medical and Nursing Staff Members in Southwestern China

Quality of Spiritual Care at the End of Life: What the Family Expects for Their Loved One

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