"I Should Be Closer To God Because of This" - A Case Study of Embodied Narratives and Spiritual Reconstruction in Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation
This instrumental case study demonstrates the need for patients to be able to draw upon their own spiritual and religious vocabularies in order to reconstruct narrative self-continuity in the wake of debilitating illness. Through the presentation of case material taken from a series of semi-structur...
| Published in: | Journal of disability & religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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Journal of disability & religion
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B Best Practice B Narrative B Symbols B Religion B healthcare professionals |
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| Summary: | This instrumental case study demonstrates the need for patients to be able to draw upon their own spiritual and religious vocabularies in order to reconstruct narrative self-continuity in the wake of debilitating illness. Through the presentation of case material taken from a series of semi-structured interviews with a 77-year-old female Roman Catholic patient who suffered a crisis of faith following a spinal cord injury and a stroke, the author illustrates key aspects of life history and religious beliefs and practices - such as lives of the saints, devotions, mystical experiences, sacred time, sacred symbols, and sacred space - to engage narrative ethics around typologies and therapeutic plots supplied by others. Narrative analysis of such discursive resources from the perspective of spiritual health can help inter-professional healthcare teams understand more fully patient needs and holistic best practices within rehabilitation environments. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2014.990551 |