Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse

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dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Anne
dc.contributor.authorMellan, Christie
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T19:26:16Z
dc.date.available2014-11-17T08:00:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-30
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the use of spirituality in mainstream medical discourse. Both discourse analysis and socio-historical analysis are applied to understand how spirituality is used in medicine and the ways in which medical professionals construct its meaning and application in the areas of practice, research, and training. Through socio-historical analysis this thesis regards the construction of spirituality and its various influences beginning in the mid to late nineteenth century that help shape its use today in the medical discourse. As a result of the influences, various connotations arise within each of the sub-discourses in medicine. This variation leads to the construction of medicine’s own adaptation of spirituality, as Medical Spirituality. Criticism arises when incongruences within the medical discourse are further analyzed. Further study of the construction and use of spirituality in medicine is encouraged, most especially, with an open dialogue between the field of religious studies and the discipline of medicine.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMellan, C. (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26077en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26077
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1851
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectReligion--History of
dc.subjectAnthropology--Medical and Forensic
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.classificationSpiritualityen_US
dc.subject.classificationContemporary Spiritualityen_US
dc.subject.classificationMetaphysicalsen_US
dc.subject.classificationMedical Discourseen_US
dc.subject.classificationEarly Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationHumanistic Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationMetaphysicsen_US
dc.titleExploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineReligious Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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