The spirituality in the context of the experience of the surgical patient: report on a study

Abstract

This article presents the results of a qualitative research which adopted the Grounded Theory Methodology to study the surgical patient's spirituality and experience. It focuses on the subjectivity and the meaning of the surgical experience of the patient having to submit to a surgery, while distinguishing the role and the participation of his spirituality in the experience. It points out same implications for surgical nursing in spiritual assistance to the patient.