Transformational changes in health status: a qualitative exploration of healing moments
Dramatic self-change is a familiar concept within religious experience, and is recognised within psychotherapy and some fields of nursing.1 However, it is rarely discussed within biomedicine and has been given limited consideration in wider health research, including healing research. In religious terms, dramatic change may take the form of religious conversion, described by William James as a transformation from unhappiness and conflict to a unified, energised self, which can be gradual or sudden; a journey or a moment.
Source: Explore - Category: Nursing Authors: Emmylou Rahtz, Sian Bonnell, Sarah Goldingay, Emerita Sara Warber, Emeritus Paul Dieppe Tags: Original Research Source Type: research