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Sacred Space
A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence—being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164957X17751903 |
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description | A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence—being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by the people within it and events that occur there. As medical providers, we have the opportunity to create sacred space in our examination rooms and with our patient interactions. This sacred space can be healing to our patients and can bring us providers opportunities for increased connection, joy, and gratitude in our daily work. |
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spelling | pubmed-57880942018-02-02 Sacred Space Adelstein, Pamela Glob Adv Health Med Personal Narrative Essay A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence—being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by the people within it and events that occur there. As medical providers, we have the opportunity to create sacred space in our examination rooms and with our patient interactions. This sacred space can be healing to our patients and can bring us providers opportunities for increased connection, joy, and gratitude in our daily work. SAGE Publications 2018-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5788094/ /pubmed/29399418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164957X17751903 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Personal Narrative Essay Adelstein, Pamela Sacred Space |
title | Sacred Space |
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title_short | Sacred Space |
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topic | Personal Narrative Essay |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164957X17751903 |
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