TY - JOUR
T1 - The strength to cope: spirituality and faith in chronic disease
AU - Unantenne, Nalika
AU - Warren, Narelle Louise
AU - Canaway, Rachel Elizabeth
AU - Manderson, Lenore Hilda
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The lifelong management of a chronic condition requires considerable mental fortitude and commitment in social adjustment and adherence to medical advice. In examining strategies of adaptation, we draw on ethnographic research, including interviews with 69 people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease. We explore how they incorporate spirituality into their self-management routines, with positive impact on their health and wellbeing, and highlight the role of spiritual practices in supporting people with chronic conditions mentally, physically and socially, so encouraging personal responsibility for one s health and wellbeing.
AB - The lifelong management of a chronic condition requires considerable mental fortitude and commitment in social adjustment and adherence to medical advice. In examining strategies of adaptation, we draw on ethnographic research, including interviews with 69 people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease. We explore how they incorporate spirituality into their self-management routines, with positive impact on their health and wellbeing, and highlight the role of spiritual practices in supporting people with chronic conditions mentally, physically and socially, so encouraging personal responsibility for one s health and wellbeing.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-011-9554-9
DO - 10.1007/s10943-011-9554-9
M3 - Article
VL - 52
SP - 1147
EP - 1161
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
SN - 0022-4197
IS - 4
ER -