Ponderings, Pleas and Prayer: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Danish Hospital Chapel Guest Books

Ingrid Egerod; Egil Hansen Bargfeldt; Gudrun Kaldan

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01612-7

Ponderings, Pleas and Prayer: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Danish Hospital Chapel Guest Books

Ingrid Egerod^*, Egil Hansen Bargfeldt, Gudrun Kaldan

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Abstract

In Denmark, religious behavior is usually very private. Little is known of religious and spiritual needs of patients and family during critical illness and hospitalization. We aimed to explore contemporary thoughts and prayers related to critical illness and hospitalization expressed in hospital chapel Guest Books. Qualitative content analysis of written texts was performed on Guest Books completed from 2005-2019. We identified the main themes of health and illness, life and death, and science and religion. Visitors welcomed the Guest Books as a place to express religious and spiritual thought, even in a nominally nonreligious society.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health
Volume	62
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	172-193
Number of pages	22
ISSN	0022-4197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01612-7
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

Keywords

Critical Illness
Denmark
Hospitals
Humans
Religion
Spirituality

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