A influência da fé no processo saúde-doença sob a percepção de líderes religiosos cristãos
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2009-03-30
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Expressions of faith, reverence in divinity, religious movements, have always been part of human history, affecting over time the social organizations, political and cultural civilizations. These practices also interfered in ways to understand and take care of health. Human beings, in their context of health and disease if appropriate of all the resources and knowledge available in the search for relief and cure of diseases. The general aim of this study was to investigate the influence of faith in the individual in the health-disease process, from the point of view of religious leaders. We investigated the perceptions of religious leaders Catholics, Protestants and Spiritist about the concepts of health and disease, about the influence of faith in the health-disease process and the resources and practices adopted by them when they are sought by people seeking help for problems health. This is a work with a qualitative approach developed in the municipality of Trinidad-GO. Participated in the survey two priests, two shepherds and two presidents of kardecist houses spiritists. The individual interview was used for data collection and the words were recorded, transcribed and then analyzed using the method of interpretation of meanings. The study was approved by an ethics committee, as recommended by the Resolution 196/96 of the National Health Councilor. The data were organized on four categories: a) The understanding of humanbeing and health, which discussed the entirety of the person and harmony between the spiritual and biopsicosociais aspects to have health. b) Multidimensional perceptions about disease, which were discussed different perceptions about the origin and forms of manifestation of disease, social inequalities and consensus as to negligence in care for the body c) Resources and practices used to benefit health, which were detected as resource a prayer, oil, water, salt and how practices adopted by the leaders, the reception, guidance, referrals and blessings d) The influence of the religious leader and the faith in the context health and disease of the person, evidenced that people seeking the means to religious and spiritual comfort find health care, brotherhood, love and affection. The leader encourages the hope and faith in God. It concluded among other things, that the faith of the person in a state of suffering influence in the process of recovery and healing and the maintenance of health. The science needs to get closer to religion in order to broaden the knowledge and ways of understanding and care of human beings.
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SOUZA, Marcus Antonio de. The influence of faith in the health-disease process in the perception of Christian religious leaders. 2009. 99 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Cuidado em Enfermagem) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2009.