Category Archive for: "prayer"

Why John Wasn’t Healed by Prayer: Perspectives Across Disciplines

August 31, 2019 healing, prayer

Patients and family members often turn to prayer in response to serious, life-threatening illness. Prayer for a miraculous cure is often the request. While prayer can keep hope alive, it may also [...]
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Coping through prayer: An empirical study in implicit religion concerning prayers for children in hospital

January 22, 2019 pediatrics, prayer

Abstract: This study links two fields of empirical research. The first field (grounded in empirical theology) is concerned with ordinary prayer and that aspect of implicit religion discernable [...]
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Prayer and the Registered Nurse (PRN): nurses’ reports of ease and dis-ease with patient-initiated prayer request

December 5, 2017 nursing, prayer

AIMS: To explore nurse comfort with patient-initiated prayer request scenarios. BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is fundamental to patient care evidenced by Joint Commission requirement of a spiritual [...]
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