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Religion, bioethics and nursing practice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19528097     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article calls nursing to engage in the study of religions and identifies six considerations that arise in religious studies and the ways in which religious faith is expressed. It argues that whole-person care cannot be realized, neither can there be a complete understanding of bioethics theory and decision making, without a rigorous understanding of religious-ethical systems. Because religious traditions differ in their cosmology, ontology, epistemology, aesthetic, and ethical methods, and because religious subtraditions interact with specific cultures, each religion and subtradition has something distinctive to offer to ethical discourse. A brief example is drawn from Native American religions, specifically their view of ;speech' and ;words'. Although the example is particular to an American context, it is intended to demonstrate a more general principle that an understanding of religion per se can yield new insights for bioethics.
Authors:
Marsha D Fowler
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nursing ethics     Volume:  16     ISSN:  0969-7330     ISO Abbreviation:  Nurs Ethics     Publication Date:  2009 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-16     Completed Date:  2009-09-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9433357     Medline TA:  Nurs Ethics     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  393-405     Citation Subset:  N    
Affiliation:
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 91702, USA. mfowler@apu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology
Attitude to Health / ethnology
Bioethics*
Communication
Cultural Diversity*
Documentation
Folklore
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Indians, North American / ethnology*
Nursing Research / ethics
Patient Advocacy / ethics
Religion*
Social Values
Transcultural Nursing / ethics*
United States

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