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Spirituality as experienced by muslim oncology nurses in Iran

Markani, Abdolah Khorami, Yaghmaei, Farideh, Fard, Mohammad Khodayari·2013·British Journal of Nursing
DOI 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.sup2.s22
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Spirituality, as an essential part of holistic care, is concerned with faith and meaning, and is usually conceptualised as a 'higher' experience or a transcendence of oneself. A resurgence of interest in this area is evident in post modern culture because of the effects that spirituality and religious beliefS may have on health. Up until the last two decades, spirituality and spiritual care, although vital, were invisible aspects of nursing. However, now that these concepts have made their way into the mainstream, literature in this area has burgeoned. In addition, modern nursing grew out of spiritual roots, and spiritual care is a component of holistic care. In the Islamic Republic of Iran,little information exists documenting the expressed spirituality of nurses in general and of oncology nurses in particular. This article presents spirituality as it is experienced by Muslim oncology nurses.The investigation involved a qualitative analysis of the spirituality of 24 participants, using semi-structured interviews. Participants were oncology nurses at 12 hospitals in two educational universities of medical sciences in Tehran. The main categories of spirituality as experienced by oncology nurses included religious and existential dimensions in an Iranian Muslim context. Findings are consistent with the holistic view of Islam, that considers all dimensions of personhood simultaneously. This study is important to transcultural nursing because of the benefits of increasing nursing knowledge through research that examines nurses' spirituality in diverse cultures.

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  • Some religious/spiritual beliefs are, for example, the existence of a higher, transcendent power or the continuity of life after death.

    “Some religious/spiritual beliefs are, for example, the existence of a higher, transcendent power or the continuity of life after death.”

    From Defining spirituality in healthcare: a systematic review and conceptual framework. (2021) · cites this paper as Markani et al., 2013

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Authors
Markani, A. K., Yaghmaei, F., & Fard, M. K.
Affiliations
  • Abdolah Khorami Markani is Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing and Health, Urmieh University of Health Sciences, Urmieh, Iran,
  • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
  • University of Tehran (IR)
Venue
British Journal of Nursing
Publisher
Mark Allen Group
Published
2013-02-28
Volume
22
Issue
Sup2
Pages
S22-S28
ISSN
  • 0966-0461 (ISSN-L)
  • 2052-2819
DOI
10.12968/bjon.2013.22.sup2.s22
OpenAlex
W2109428917
Cited by
29
References
34
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4
FWCI
2.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • British Journal of Nursing (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
Keywords
spirituality, spiritual care, holistic care, religious beliefs, existential dimension, transcultural nursing, Islamic worldview, Iranian nurses, oncology nursing
MeSH terms
Workforce, Humans, Iran, Islam, Neoplasms, Nurses, Oncology Nursing, Spirituality

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