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A 6 page discussion of the importance of belief and ritual in the healing process. The author points out that both can be either simplistic or complex and uses the example of percussion as a ritual that is common to many cultures. Data is presented that percussion is indeed of medical benefit to some individuals. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The modern medical arena is too often dismissive of two of the most important factors in the
healing process. Those factors are belief and ritual. The contention that belief and ritual can have phenomenal implications in terms of patient welfare is not speculative by any
means. Indeed, that contention is supported by modern day research into the importance of belief and ritual in patient healing.
Rituals can be as complex as elaborate affairs guided by the patients own belief system or they can be as simple as therapeutic touching or even the delivery of a
placebo medication. All have been demonstrated to have positive impacts on patient welfare. Chang (2001), for example, notes the importance of touch and contends that it is "one
of the most neglected areas in nursing research". There is a new direction in nursing literature which emphasizes the concept that healing is accomplished through a delicate balance between
the body, mind and spirit (Chang, 2001). The concept of holism in nursing must, by its very nature, recognize the connection between the individual and their culture as well.
This recognition is critical in that many aspects of health care which are taken for granted with the mainstream predominantly white
population becomes more complex which multicultural issues are introduced. These aspects can become particularly complex in the case of traditional Native American cultures. Not only does dealing with
Native American patients become complicated on the basis of their traditional beliefs in regards to health care, it can become complicated due to these patients lack of access to health
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