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Religious Views Of The Medical Rehabilitation Model: A Pilot Qualitative Study
| Title: | Religious Views Of The Medical Rehabilitation Model: A Pilot Qualitative Study | | Authors: | Yamey Gavin and Greenwood Richard | | Publication: | Disability & Rehabilitation / Taylor and Francis | | Enumeration: | Vol. 26, No. 8,pp. 455 - 462 / 22 April 2004 | | Abstract: | Purpose: To explore the religious beliefs that patients may bring to the rehabilitation process, and the hypothesis that these beliefs may diverge from the medical model of rehabilitation.
Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews with representatives of six major religions--Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, and Hinduism. Representatives were either health care professionals or religious leaders, all with an interest in how their religion approached health issues.
Results: There were three recurrent themes in the interviews: religious explanations for injury and illness; beliefs about recovery; religious duties of care towards family members. The Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu interviewees described beliefs about karma--unfortunate events happening due to a person's former deeds. Fatalistic ideas, involving God having control over an individual's recovery, were expressed by the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian interviewees. All interviewees expressed the fundamental importance of a family's religious duty of care towards ill or injured relatives, and all expressed some views that were compatible with the medical model of rehabilitation.
Conclusions: Religious beliefs may both diverge from and resonate with the medical rehabilitation model. Understanding these beliefs may be valuable in facilitating the rehabilitation of diverse religious groups.
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