Religious Literacy and Medical Interpretation: Giving Meaning to Meaning in the Twenty-First-Century American Hospital

The article explores religious literacy and its medical interpretation: possibility for religious misunderstanding and its legal and political ramifications; consequences of the combination of religious diversity and religious illiteracy for the contemporary health care profession; and need of train...

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Published in:Journal of ecumenical studies
Authors: Rey, Maria (Author) ; Rey, Terry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2019
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-305
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Medicine
B Hospitals
B United States
B CULTURAL literacy
B RELIGIONS; Study & teaching
B Religious Aspects
B Religious Literacy
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Summary:The article explores religious literacy and its medical interpretation: possibility for religious misunderstanding and its legal and political ramifications; consequences of the combination of religious diversity and religious illiteracy for the contemporary health care profession; and need of training in religious literacy should be provided to all health care providers.
ISSN:2162-3937
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2019.0027