Type | Journal Article |
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Author | L C Callister |
Author | S Semenic |
Author | J C Foster |
Abstract | This descriptive, phenomenological study investigated the cultural and spiritual meanings of the childbirth experience from the personal perspectives of 30 Canadian Orthodox Jewish and 30 American Mormon women. Fewer Jewish women had childbirth education and attendance of their partners during childbirth than did Mormon women. Participants in the study, having codified belief systems, expressed the primary importance of bearing children in obedience to religious law. Birth was articulated as a bittersweet paradox, often accompanied by a sense of empowerment. Women described the importance of personal connectedness with others and with God, the importance of childbearing, and the spiritual and emotional dimensions of their childbirth experiences. Religious beliefs help women define the meaning of childbirth and may provide coping mechanisms for the intensity of giving birth. It is essential for holistic nurses to value and acknowledge the cultural and spiritual dimensions of the childbirth experience. |
Publication | Journal of Holistic Nursing: Official Journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association |
Volume | 17 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 280-295 |
Date | Sep 1999 |
Journal Abbr | J Holist Nurs |
ISSN | 0898-0101 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/10690070 |
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Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 10690070 |
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This descriptive, phenomenological study investigated the cultural and spiritual meanings of the childbirth experience from the personal perspectives of 30 Canadian Orthodox Jewish and 30 American Mormon women. Fewer Jewish women had childbirth education and attendance of their partners during childbirth than did Mormon women. Participants in the study, having codified belief systems, expressed the primary importance of bearing children in obedience to religious law. Birth was articulated as a bittersweet paradox, often accompanied by a sense of empowerment. Women described the importance of personal connectedness with others and with God, the importance of childbearing, and the spiritual and emotional dimensions of their childbirth experiences. Religious beliefs help women define the meaning of childbirth and may provide coping mechanisms for the intensity of giving birth. It is essential for holistic nurses to value and acknowledge the cultural and spiritual dimensions of the childbirth experience.
Type | Book |
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Author | Elliot N Dorff |
Edition | 1st ed |
Place | Philadelphia |
Publisher | Jewish Publication Society |
Date | 1998 |
ISBN | 0827606478 |
Short Title | Matters of Life and Death |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | BM538.H43 |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Angel M Foster |
Author | Amanda Dennis |
Author | Fiona Smith |
Abstract | INTRODUCTION In the United States, ectopic pregnancies are relatively common and associated with significant maternal morbidity and mortality. The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (the Directives) govern the provision of care in Catholic-affiliated hospitals and prohibit the provision of abortion in almost all circumstances. Although ectopic pregnancies are not viable, some Catholic ethicists have argued that the Directives preclude physicians at Catholic hospitals from managing tubal pregnancies with methods and procedures that involve "direct" action against the embryo. METHODS We undertook this qualitative study to explore the relationship between the Directives, hospital policies regarding ectopic pregnancy management, and clinical practices. We recruited participants at non-Catholic, longstanding Catholic, and recently merged facilities and conducted focused interviews with 24 physicians at 16 hospitals in 10 states. FINDINGS Participants from three Catholic facilities reported that medical therapy with methotrexate was not offered because of their hospitals' religious affiliation. The lack of methotrexate resulted in changes in counseling and practice patterns, including managing ectopic pregnancies expectantly, providing the medication surreptitiously, and transferring patients to other facilities. Further, several physicians reported that, before initiating treatment, they were required to document nonviability through what they perceived as unnecessary paperwork, tests, and imaging studies. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that some interpretations of the Directives are precluding physicians from providing women with ectopic pregnancies with information about and access to a full range of treatment options and are resulting in practices that delay care and may expose women to unnecessary risks. |
Publication | Women's Health Issues: Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 104-109 |
Date | 2011 Mar-Apr |
Journal Abbr | Womens Health Issues |
DOI | 10.1016/j.whi.2010.11.006 |
ISSN | 1878-4321 |
Short Title | Do religious restrictions influence ectopic pregnancy management? |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21353977 |
Accessed | Mon Apr 4 19:46:40 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 21353977 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:56:31 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:56:31 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Contributor | College of Jewish Studies of Greater Washington (D.C.) |
Editor | Isaac Franck |
Editor | J. David Bleich |
Place | Silver Spring, Md |
Publisher | College of Jewish Studies of GreaterWashington (D.C.) |
Date | 1982 |
Short Title | Biomedical Ethics in Perspective of Jewish Teaching and Tradition |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | RA725.57 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Fred M. Frohock |
Abstract | The standard narratives of medicine recognize its origins in natural cures and in religious or spiritual discourses. The uneasy relationships of such practices (now designated as complementary or alternative medicine [CAM]) to conventional health care today can be tracked to the formation of medicine as a distinct profession based on modern science. The author accepts four statements as a framework for exploring CAM in the context of modern medicine. The first is that all versions of unconventional medicine depend for their identity on the existence of conventional medicine. The second is that the distinctions between alternative and conventional medicine are variables of time, place, and the attitudes of health care practitioners. Third, CAM today in the West occupies no sharp and distinctive category. There are instead continuums of various slopes and lengths on which types of complementary and alternative medicine are arrayed. Fourth, the turn to CAM may represent a chronic (and, to some, welcome) inclination of the human intellect to delimit the energies of material inquiries with metaphysical baselines and options. |
Publication | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Volume | 583 |
Pages | 214-232 |
Date | Sep., 2002 |
ISSN | 00027162 |
Short Title | Moving Lines and Variable Criteria |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1049698 |
Accessed | Tue Oct 13 00:59:00 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Global Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Full publication date: Sep., 2002 / Copyright © 2002 American Academy of Political and Social Science |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
The standard narratives of medicine recognize its origins in natural cures and in religious or spiritual discourses. The uneasy relationships of such practices (now designated as complementary or alternative medicine [CAM]) to conventional health care today can be tracked to the formation of medicine as a distinct profession based on modern science. The author accepts four statements as a framework for exploring CAM in the context of modern medicine. The first is that all versions of unconventional medicine depend for their identity on the existence of conventional medicine. The second is that the distinctions between alternative and conventional medicine are variables of time, place, and the attitudes of health care practitioners. Third, CAM today in the West occupies no sharp and distinctive category. There are instead continuums of various slopes and lengths on which types of complementary and alternative medicine are arrayed. Fourth, the turn to CAM may represent a chronic (and, to some, welcome) inclination of the human intellect to delimit the energies of material inquiries with metaphysical baselines and options.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | G Goldsand |
Author | Z R Rosenberg |
Author | M Gordon |
Abstract | Jewish bioethics in the contemporary era emerges from the traditional practice of applying principles of Jewish law (Halacha) to ethical dilemmas. The Bible (written law) and the Talmud (oral law) are the foundational texts on which such deliberations are based. Interpretation of passages in these texts attempts to identify the duties of physicians, patients and families faced with difficult health care decisions. Although Jewish law is an integral consideration of religiously observant Jews, secularized Jewish patients often welcome the wisdom of their tradition when considering treatment options. Jewish bioethics exemplifies how an ethical system based on duties may differ from the secular rights-based model prevalent in North American society. |
Publication | CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne |
Volume | 164 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 219-222 |
Date | Jan 23, 2001 |
Journal Abbr | CMAJ |
ISSN | 0820-3946 |
Short Title | Bioethics for clinicians |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/11332319 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 2 14:01:38 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 11332319 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Jewish bioethics in the contemporary era emerges from the traditional practice of applying principles of Jewish law (Halacha) to ethical dilemmas. The Bible (written law) and the Talmud (oral law) are the foundational texts on which such deliberations are based. Interpretation of passages in these texts attempts to identify the duties of physicians, patients and families faced with difficult health care decisions. Although Jewish law is an integral consideration of religiously observant Jews, secularized Jewish patients often welcome the wisdom of their tradition when considering treatment options. Jewish bioethics exemplifies how an ethical system based on duties may differ from the secular rights-based model prevalent in North American society.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | H J Markwell |
Author | B F Brown |
Abstract | There is a long tradition of bioethical reasoning within the Roman Catholic faith, a tradition expressed in scripture, the writings of the Doctors of the Church, papal encyclical documents and reflections by contemporary Catholic theologians. Catholic bioethics is concerned with a broad range of issues, including social justice and the right to health care, the duty to preserve life and the limits of that duty, the ethics of human reproduction and end-of-life decisions. Fundamental to Catholic bioethics is a belief in the sanctity of life and a metaphysical conception of the person as a composite of body and soul. Although there is considerable consensus among Catholic thinkers, differences in philosophical approach have given rise to some diversity of opinion with respect to specific issues. Given the influential history of Catholic reflection on ethical matters, the number of people in Canada who profess to be Catholic, and the continuing presence of Catholic health care institutions, it is helpful for clinicians to be familiar with the central tenets of this tradition while respecting the differing perspectives of patients who identify themselves as Catholic. |
Publication | CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne |
Volume | 165 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 189-192 |
Date | Jul 24, 2001 |
Journal Abbr | CMAJ |
ISSN | 0820-3946 |
Short Title | Bioethics for clinicians |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/11501460 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 2 14:01:21 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 11501460 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
There is a long tradition of bioethical reasoning within the Roman Catholic faith, a tradition expressed in scripture, the writings of the Doctors of the Church, papal encyclical documents and reflections by contemporary Catholic theologians. Catholic bioethics is concerned with a broad range of issues, including social justice and the right to health care, the duty to preserve life and the limits of that duty, the ethics of human reproduction and end-of-life decisions. Fundamental to Catholic bioethics is a belief in the sanctity of life and a metaphysical conception of the person as a composite of body and soul. Although there is considerable consensus among Catholic thinkers, differences in philosophical approach have given rise to some diversity of opinion with respect to specific issues. Given the influential history of Catholic reflection on ethical matters, the number of people in Canada who profess to be Catholic, and the continuing presence of Catholic health care institutions, it is helpful for clinicians to be familiar with the central tenets of this tradition while respecting the differing perspectives of patients who identify themselves as Catholic.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Meredith B. McGuire |
Abstract | One theme of particular importance in contemporary U. S. religion and quasi-religion is health and healing. Groups as diverse as Pentecostal Christians and New Age groups, women's spirituality groups and New Thought churches are promoting non-medical approaches to health and healing. Indeed, to many contemporary Americans, health and healing appear to be salient metaphors for salvation and holiness. Religious and quasi-religious attention to health is adamantly holistic in the belief that spiritual, emotional, social, and physical aspects of well-being are fundamentally interconnected. To understand the significance of this widespread focus on health and healing, we need to look beyond the religious groups themselves and appreciate some twentieth-century structural and cultural changes in the meanings of the body, the self, and the nature of well-being. |
Publication | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Volume | 527 |
Pages | 144-154 |
Date | May, 1993 |
ISSN | 00027162 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1048682 |
Accessed | Tue Oct 13 00:54:11 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Religion in the Nineties / Full publication date: May, 1993 / Copyright © 1993 American Academy of Political and Social Science |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
One theme of particular importance in contemporary U. S. religion and quasi-religion is health and healing. Groups as diverse as Pentecostal Christians and New Age groups, women’s spirituality groups and New Thought churches are promoting non-medical approaches to health and healing. Indeed, to many contemporary Americans, health and healing appear to be salient metaphors for salvation and holiness. Religious and quasi-religious attention to health is adamantly holistic in the belief that spiritual, emotional, social, and physical aspects of well-being are fundamentally interconnected. To understand the significance of this widespread focus on health and healing, we need to look beyond the religious groups themselves and appreciate some twentieth-century structural and cultural changes in the meanings of the body, the self, and the nature of well-being.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Merril Pauls |
Author | Roger C Hutchinson |
Abstract | "Protestant" is a term applied to many different Christian denominations, with a wide range of beliefs, who trace their common origin to the Reformation of the 16th century. Protestant ideas have profoundly influenced modern bioethics, and most Protestants would see mainstream bioethics as compatible with their personal beliefs. This makes it difficult to define a uniquely Protestant approach to bioethics. In this article we provide an overview of common Protestant beliefs and highlight concepts that have emerged from Protestant denominations that are particularly relevant to bioethics. These include the sovereignty of God, the value of autonomy and the idea of medicine as a calling as well as a profession. Most Canadian physicians will find that they share certain values and beliefs with the majority of their Protestant patients. Physicians should be particularly sensitive to their Protestant patients' beliefs when dealing with end-of-life issues, concerns about consent and refusal of care, and beginning-of-life issues such as abortion, genetic testing and the use of assisted reproductive technologies. Physicians should also recognize that members of certain Protestant groups and denominations may have unique wishes concerning treatment. Understanding how to elicit these wishes and respond appropriately will allow physicians to enhance patient care and minimize conflict. |
Publication | CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne |
Volume | 166 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 339-343 |
Date | Feb 5, 2002 |
Journal Abbr | CMAJ |
ISSN | 0820-3946 |
Short Title | Bioethics for clinicians |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/11868645 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 2 14:00:49 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 11868645 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
“Protestant” is a term applied to many different Christian denominations, with a wide range of beliefs, who trace their common origin to the Reformation of the 16th century. Protestant ideas have profoundly influenced modern bioethics, and most Protestants would see mainstream bioethics as compatible with their personal beliefs. This makes it difficult to define a uniquely Protestant approach to bioethics. In this article we provide an overview of common Protestant beliefs and highlight concepts that have emerged from Protestant denominations that are particularly relevant to bioethics. These include the sovereignty of God, the value of autonomy and the idea of medicine as a calling as well as a profession. Most Canadian physicians will find that they share certain values and beliefs with the majority of their Protestant patients. Physicians should be particularly sensitive to their Protestant patients’ beliefs when dealing with end-of-life issues, concerns about consent and refusal of care, and beginning-of-life issues such as abortion, genetic testing and the use of assisted reproductive technologies. Physicians should also recognize that members of certain Protestant groups and denominations may have unique wishes concerning treatment. Understanding how to elicit these wishes and respond appropriately will allow physicians to enhance patient care and minimize conflict.
Type | Book |
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Author | Joel James Shuman |
Series | Radical traditions |
Place | Boulder, Colo |
Publisher | Westview Press |
Date | 1999 |
ISBN | 0813367042 |
Short Title | The Body of Compassion |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | R725.56 .S54 1999 |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Author | Joel James Shuman |
Author | Brian Volck |
Place | Grand Rapids, Mich |
Publisher | Brazos Press |
Date | 2006 |
ISBN | 1587431270 |
Short Title | Reclaiming the Body |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | BT732 .S482 2006 |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
We live in an age of incredible medical technology, and with it, a great emphasis on health and well-being. We fully entrust the care of our bodies to the medical profession, often taking its solutions and judgments as gospel. But what role, if any, should our Christian faith play in all this? In Reclaiming the Body, a physician and a theologian take a critical look at some of the assumptions we draw from the medical profession and explore what theology has to say about medicine, our bodies, our health, and the Body of Christ. The authors deal with such issues as suffering, caring for the sick, children and reproductive technologies, medicine and the poor, our obsession with physical perfection, and death and dying.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | David Spiegel |
Abstract | The implications and effects of the French commission that passed judgment on Mesmer's work is examined in light of the pioneering role of hypnosis as the first Western conception of a psychotherapy, the ancient philosophical debate between idealism and empiricism, and the conflict in modern medicine between biotechnological emphasis on cure and the need for care as many previously terminal illnesses are converted to chronic diseases. The panel's report is interpreted as negative about the literal theory of animal magnetism but actually supportive of the potential therapeutic power of suggestion and "positive thinking." This aspect of hypnosis is described as a forerunner of modern cognitive therapies of depression and other illnesses. The panel exerted a constructive effect in applying scientific method and rigorous evaluation to hypnotic treatment, an application of Enlightenment philosophy that presaged the Flexner era in modern medicine. Both hypnosis and medicine ultimately benefited. |
Publication | The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 397-406 |
Date | Oct 2002 |
Journal Abbr | Int J Clin Exp Hypn |
ISSN | 0020-7144 |
Short Title | Mesmer minus magic |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/12362955 |
Accessed | Tue Nov 10 01:42:52 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 12362955 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
The implications and effects of the French commission that passed judgment on Mesmer’s work is examined in light of the pioneering role of hypnosis as the first Western conception of a psychotherapy, the ancient philosophical debate between idealism and empiricism, and the conflict in modern medicine between biotechnological emphasis on cure and the need for care as many previously terminal illnesses are converted to chronic diseases. The panel’s report is interpreted as negative about the literal theory of animal magnetism but actually supportive of the potential therapeutic power of suggestion and “positive thinking.” This aspect of hypnosis is described as a forerunner of modern cognitive therapies of depression and other illnesses. The panel exerted a constructive effect in applying scientific method and rigorous evaluation to hypnotic treatment, an application of Enlightenment philosophy that presaged the Flexner era in modern medicine. Both hypnosis and medicine ultimately benefited.
Type | Book |
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Author | Alexis Trader |
Publisher | Peter Lang Publishing |
Date | 2011-02-01 |
ISBN | 1433113627 |
Short Title | Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Becks Cognitive Therapy |
Library Catalog | Amazon.com |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:57:14 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:57:14 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Author | Kenneth L Vaux |
Series | Challenges in ethics series |
Place | Nashville |
Publisher | Abingdon Press |
Date | 1997 |
ISBN | 0687109434 |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | BT732 .V38 1997 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:04:06 2011 |
Ken Vaux examines the characteristics of the human quest for life and health. Being Well offers case studies around issues such as procreation and genetic medicine, making it ideal for informed conversation among adults gathered for reading and discussion.