Just as securely attached children grow into securely attached adults, the same is true for children. For example, when distressed, children generally turn to their caregivers, who help them in a sensitive way to deal with the distressing situation, something which teachers kids that other human beings are available in times of need and that distressing situations don't have to feel overwhelming (Roehlkepartain, 2010)
Relaxation combined with acupuncture have been used to improve the quality of life for patients with HIV / AIDS. In a randomized quantitative study using a quality of life scale, HIV / AIDS patients demonstrated improved scores, when compared to a control group (Change, Boehmer, & Zhao et al
Additional support was attained from a similar study, using a similar sample population and data collection method. This study supports the ability of spirituality and religion to have a positive affect on the outlook of patients and their perceptions of a greater quality of life because of them (Cotton, Puchalski, & Sherman, et al
, 2006). A cross section survey approach was used to explore the connection between quality of life and spirituality among HIV patients (Grimsley, 2006)
Qualitative studies focused on definition. An exploration of demographic factors and their relationship to the importance placed on religious and spiritual matters among HIV patients found that religion and spirituality were important issues to a majority of the patients (Lorenz, Hays, & Shapiro et
For instance, one must be careful that bias towards one particular religious view is not present in the study. Several rules and suggestions were developed through an exploration of spiritual assessment tools (Power, 2006)
The sample population consisted of three groups, two test groups and one control group. Content analysis of the responses of these three groups revealed six emergent themes in the content: spiritual belief in God, Spirituality as a source of help, spirituality as a source, spirituality expressed through actions such as prayer or meditation, God is present and giving, and spirituality as one's essence or center (Tuck & Thinganjana, 2007)
S. hospitals were divided into Group 1 (604 patients received prayer but were uncertain as to whether they were prayed for or not); Group 2 (597 patients did not receive prayer but were told they may or may not receive prayer); and Group 3 (601 patients received intercessory prayer and were told that indeed they would receive prayer) (Benson, p
The effect those additional prayers had on the control group and the group receiving prayers was of course unknown, but worth mentioning at any rate. In a subsequent issue of Archive of Internal Medicine (Dossey, 200) Dr
Intercessory Prayer "Religion and spirituality are not consistently addressed in medical school curricula, and even may be considered inappropriate teaching subjects. However, physicians are beginning to recognize the role of spirituality and prayer in the healing practices of their patients, as indicated by conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health" (Friedman, et al
764). Continuing with the discussion of major surgery and its dynamics, a 1999 randomized, controlled study of intercessory prayer on coronary care unit patients (at a private, university-based hospital) revealed very simply that "remote, intercessory prayer was associated with lower coronary care unit (CCU) course scores" (Harris, et al
Meanwhile, Dr. Herbert Benson and colleagues (American Heart Journal) conducted research using distant prayer on cardiovascular patients (Krucoff, 2005, p
Using personal prayer for health reasons. An article published in 2004 reports on a national survey that was conducted in 1998; in that survey researchers found that 35% of participants used prayer for "health reasons" (McCaffrey, et al
This proposal, backed by an investigation into the literature, will show that indeed intercessory prayer is a viable approach to better health, and should be respected in that light. The Literature A randomized trial of the effects of remote intercessory prayer (Palmer, et al
447). In a very believable and carefully conducted study, forty patients with "advanced AIDS" received "distant healing" (DH) in the form of prayer from "healers" (spiritually gifted persons using prayer as a healing device) (Sicher, et al
1735). Another research article delving into intercessory prayer (IP) is presented in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (Sloan, et al
Embodying in this study the idea and claims of patients who obtained positive outcomes is an essential step taken in finding the role that lies under spirituality in the medical process. In the United States, a survey on religiosity has been conducted and was indicated by Gallup in his report as the follows (McCormick, 1998)
According to George Eliot, herself, she was a "realist" writer -- a characteristic specifically described by her as "an artist who values the truth of observation above the imaginative fancies of writers of "romance" or fashionable melodramatic fiction." (Ashton 19) If, then, the reader is to consider The Mill on the Floss, as a work in realism, one cannot fail to regard the position of Maggie to be a keen representation, on the part of Eliot, of her perception of the reality of the women of her time
Further, even her attraction to Steven is doomed from the start because of his unavailability, again symbolic of the impossibility of her having a "normal" relationship as she is. (Carlisle 7) Of course, this reality is ultimately driven inequitably home in the final end of Maggie and Tom, when they drown in each other's arms
It's the wonderful'st thing." (Eliot 68) Indeed, the reader sees that, more than once, Mr