A importância da espiritualidade na recuperação do paciente cardíaco hospitalizado: uma análise através da capelania hospitalar

Abstract

This research paper investigates the contribution spirituality gives to the recovery of hospitalized cardiac patients. Based on the verification of spiritual demands and on the importance of a holistic or all encompassing treatment, this paper deals with the benefits these have for the health of adult cardiac interned patients. In the second part the research deals with the influence of spirituality on the risk factors for cardiovascular illnesses, as well as with the issue of the crisis, the suffering and the emotional problems of being hospitalized. It also investigates the relations between emotions, the body and the spirit, showing the integration and the interferences between the different dimensions of the human being, especially on psychossomatic diseases. At the end the thesis deals with the role of faith and prayer in medicine and the importance of treating the human being in a global way. It is suggested that spirituality be included as a health resource in the formation of new professionals, as well as recognize the importance of the spiritual counselor or chaplain in the holistic treatment of a hospitalized cardiac patient.