Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and
Caregivers

Vardar, Okan; Serçekuş, Pınar; Ozkan, Sevgi

doi:10.5152/jern.2021.35651

Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers

Okan VARDAR, (Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Yüksekokulu, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, Türkiye)

PINAR SERÇEKUŞ AK, (Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Yüksekokulu, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, Türkiye)

Sevgi ÖZKAN (Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Yüksekokulu, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, Türkiye)

Journal of education and research in nursing (Online)

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Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 18 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 462 - 466 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5152/jern.2021.35651 İndeks Tarihi: 07-06-2022

Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers

Öz:

The concepts of religion and spirituality play an important role in coping with cancer. The use of religious or spiritual emotions as a means of coping with cancer disease is, of course, influenced by the individual’s beliefs, which religion they belong to, or not having a religious beliefs. This situation, in a fatal disease such as cancer, reveals positive or negative religious/ spiritual coping methods. In this process, patients and caregivers may have different positive and negative ways of coping, such as worship, strong belief in God, establishing spiritual relationships with other individuals in the same situation, and seeing the disease as a punishment. In cancer, both patients and caregivers are often in significant emotional, social, and spiritual distress. For this reason, spiritual care is considered as a fundamental element in providing the spiritual care for cancer patients and caregivers. However, most of the time only is focused on physical care, and the spiritual direction of cancer is ignored. However, the spiritual evaluation of cancer patients and caregivers by health personnel, and to be directed to different disciplines when necessary, makes it easier to coping. This review describes the role of spirituality and religion on coping with cancer for patients and caregivers.

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APA	Vardar O, Serçekuş P, Ozkan S (2021). Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers. Journal of education and research in nursing (Online), 18(4), 462 - 466. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
Chicago	Vardar Okan,Serçekuş Pınar,Ozkan Sevgi Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers. Journal of education and research in nursing (Online) 18, no.4 (2021): 462 - 466. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
MLA	Vardar Okan,Serçekuş Pınar,Ozkan Sevgi Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers. Journal of education and research in nursing (Online), vol.18, no.4, 2021, ss.462 - 466. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
AMA	Vardar O,Serçekuş P,Ozkan S Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers. Journal of education and research in nursing (Online). 2021; 18(4): 462 - 466. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
Vancouver	Vardar O,Serçekuş P,Ozkan S Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers. Journal of education and research in nursing (Online). 2021; 18(4): 462 - 466. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
IEEE	Vardar O,Serçekuş P,Ozkan S "Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers." Journal of education and research in nursing (Online), 18, ss.462 - 466, 2021. 10.5152/jern.2021.35651
ISNAD	Vardar, Okan vd. "Spirituality and Religion on Coping with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers". Journal of education and research in nursing (Online) 18/4 (2021), 462-466. https://doi.org/10.5152/jern.2021.35651