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Impact of childhood cancer on religious life of Korean families.
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While all the major religious faiths in South Korea were represented in the study, 61% of the sample identified Christianity as their primary religious response.Abstract:
This paper reports on the social and personal relevance of religious faith entering into the situation of family stress due to the illness of a child with cancer. The expectations of religious faith may include, objectively, the actual physical healing of the child or the determination of the child's fate; it may include, subjectively, the hope for emotional support, the provision of moral guidance in time of difficulty, or an overarching life-view. There were major religious changes in 20% of the families. While all the major religious faiths in South Korea were represented in the study, 61% of the sample identified Christianity as their primary religious response.read more
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Impact of Childhood Cancer on Korean Families
TL;DR: Understanding the situation for families with a child who has cancer in South Korea will lead one to a better understanding of a Korean family who has immigrated to the west and has a child develop cancer or is in need of treatment.
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Three years later: grief, view of life, and personal crisis after death of a family member.
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