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| Id | 596 | |
| Author | Bálint Á., Magyari J. | |
| Title | The use of bibliotherapy in revealing and addressing the spiritual needs of cancer patients | |
| Reference | Bálint Á., Magyari J.; The use of bibliotherapy in revealing and addressing the spiritual needs of cancer patients ;Religions vol:11 issue: 3.0 page: |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081534415&doi=10.3390%2frel11030128&partnerID=40&md5=222c5e107fda8146c4ddae45b60a299c |
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| Abstract | Assessing and addressing spiritual needs is a key factor in the quality of life and overall wellbeing of cancer patients. However, the evolution and diversification of assessment tools has not automatically been followed by their successful implementation; thus, addressing unmet needs continues to be a concern. In this paper, we examine the place of bibliotherapy (also called reading therapy or poetry therapy) as a group intervention in the oncological setting in revealing spiritual needs. We show that it represents not only a useful intervention but may also provide instant relief and reduce spiritual suffering. Bibliotherapy understood and practiced as a subtle balance of texts and group processes alleviates cognitive and emotional symptoms of a spiritual concern and facilitates finding meaning in life in general and illness in particular. As an intervention, it is effective, affordable and attractive; moreover, it equips patients receiving treatment and rehabilitation with the lifelong skill of reflective reading. Bibliotherapy is easily tailored to almost any needs and promotes self-expression, which provides spiritual fulfillment in itself. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
Assessing and addressing spiritual needs is a key factor in the quality of life and overall wellbeing of cancer patients. On the contrary an inclusive understanding of spirituality is to be used to facilitate communication and the assessment of needs without the discrimination or exclusion of patients. Frankls approach of logotherapy the meaning of life may be found through experience and creation which in the case of bibliotherapeutic intervention comes into being first and foremost by experiencing and secondly by creating literary works of art. It was always the responsibility of the bibliotherapist to decide how much emphasis to give to a lingering topic through text choice; eg the topic of death was the main focus of a Hungarian short story that was read in a session: an old man with an excellent sense of humor plays a joke on his nephew and only heir by faking a death agony and thus tricking him out of some money in the presence of the large audience of the village. If participants are already aware of needs group interventions are beneficial in voicing them and in instantly allowing participants to experience their justifiability in the group interaction.
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