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Ingrid Egerod1, Egil Hansen Bargfeldt2, Gudrun Kaldan3.
Abstract
In Denmark, religious behavior is usually very private. Little is known of religious and spiritual needs of patients and family during critical illness and hospitalization. We aimed to explore contemporary thoughts and prayers related to critical illness and hospitalization expressed in hospital chapel Guest Books. Qualitative content analysis of written texts was performed on Guest Books completed from 2005-2019. We identified the main themes of health and illness, life and death, and science and religion. Visitors welcomed the Guest Books as a place to express religious and spiritual thought, even in a nominally nonreligious society.Entities:
Keywords: Critical illness; Denmark; Guestbooks; Prayer; Religion; Spirituality
Year: 2022 PMID: 35904692 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-022-01612-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Relig Health ISSN: 0022-4197