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| Personal accounts of the role of God in health and illness among older rural African American and White residents | | Author(s) | William J McAuley, Loretta Pecchioni, Jo Anna Grant |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 15, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 13-35 |
| Keywords | White people ; Black African ; Rural areas ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Ill health ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Semi-structured interviews and qualitative analytical strategies were used with 15 African Americans living in predominantly African American communities and with 13 Whites living in nearby predominantly White communities. The aim was to identify similarities and differences in views about a divine other's role in health and illness. African Americans were more likely than Whites to describe their religious lives in personal terms, in ways suggesting there is a set of religious truths that do not require further investigation or analysis, and in a manner indicating that religious beliefs permeated their lives. They were also more likely to describe specific role expectations for God to health and illness. The results point to the substantial cultural diversity that exists in small rural areas, and to the need for health care workers to be sensitive to the health-related religious beliefs of patients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001026203 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKF: RL: EX: CC: CH: 48: 7T |
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