RT Article
T1 In the Beginning: A Canadian Ethnographic Study on Sources and Definitions of Spiritual Reflection Used by Health Care Professionals Who are Not Chaplains
JF Journal of pastoral care & counseling
VO 64
IS 1
SP 1
OP 14
A1 O'Connor, Thomas St. James
A1 Chow, Mike
A1 Payne, Gary
A1 Young, Janet
A1 Rivera, Myrta
A1 Meakes, Elizabeth
A1 McGregor, Laura
A1 Howitt, Janet
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1809847699
AB This qualitative study presents a literature review, methodology, findings and discussion from a sample of 20 health care professional around their experiences of sources and definitions of spiritual reflection. The sample includes nursing, social work, occupational therapy, medicine, physiotherapy, music therapy, psychology and recreational therapy. Major sources are music, poetry, stories and sacred texts. Definitions are meaning making and encountering the divine along with personal reflection on values and assumptions. Limitations of the research and recommendations for education, practice and future research are also presented.
DO 10.1177/154230501006400102