Intervenções em contextos indígenas: vicissitudes e perspectivas

Nwora, Emmanuel Ifeka; Freitas, Marta Helena de

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“…However, this assistance, which is directed towards the spiritual needs of individuals, whether Christian, Muslim, Jew, Spiritist, or coming from African religions or indigenous cosmologies, is far more effective when provided by their own religious leaders, within the hospital domain, in a way that integrates with the medical services they also receive there, as the literature has demonstrated. Nwora (2020) and Nwora and Freitas (2021) also highlight the need for a more humanized chaplaincy, with an integrated approach to the multiple expressions of spirituality in the population being cared for. Given this potential convergence of healthcare efforts to treat illness, it is advantageous to both the hospital team and the indigenous communities.…”

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Religiosity and Indigenous Cosmology in a Brazilian Hospital Setting: The Challenges Faced by Health Professionals

Freitas

Vilela

Nwora³

2023

Int J Lat Am Relig

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This article focuses on the description, discussion, and problematization of the ways indigenous spirituality is presented in a Brazil’s hospital, in the context of the treatment of chronic illnesses in children under medical supervision. It describes a short extract from a more wide-ranging study, focusing on the analysis of excerpts of the verbal responses of health professionals, and of two specific cases. Adopting a phenomenological approach, the vicissitudes of the hospitalization of indigenous children are described from the perspectives of the professionals, with an emphasis on the outcomes of the reported cases, which are riddled with impasses and challenges, with important implications for the country’s health policy and for the training of health professionals. Grounded on the cosmological explications for the illness, the indigenous child’s family members tend to resort to pajelança , (indigenous traditional healing rituals), even within the hospital environment, with or without the consent of the medical team. This process does not always end harmoniously or in an integrated fashion, evidencing the rifts in the interaction between indigenous curing practices, underpinned by thousands of years of tradition, and medical practices grounded on formal, rational, and scientific understanding. We conclude by indicating perspectives for professional training and the respective ethical considerations.

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confidence: 99%