Culture, religion and health are closely intertwined, profoundly affecting people's attitudes
and behaviors as well as their conception and experience of illness and disease. In order to …

Anthropology's response to the West African Ebola epidemic was one of the most rapid and
expansive anthropological interventions to a global health emergency in the discipline's …

Over the last three decades, fruitful new lines of research and theorizing have revealed the
inadequacy of secularization and rational choice explanations of religion. This article argues …

Look around you as you walk down the street; somewhere, usually hidden in plain sight,
there will be traces of religion. Perhaps it is the person who walks past with a Christian tattoo …

The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been affecting populations
globally since the end of 2019. Previous studies have indicated that spirituality in these …

IntroductionAn appreciation of the experience of Ebola survivors is critical for community
engagement and an effective outbreak response. Few qualitative, descriptive studies have …

Despite advances in medicine and technology, when facing epidemics people continue to
turn to religion to deal with such unpredictable life-threatening events. We aimed to assess …

Background Catastrophic natural disasters and epidemics claim thousands of lives and
have severe and lasting consequences, accompanied by human suffering. The Ebola …

Introduction: As they are satisfied with life, nurses who demonstrate spiritual intelligence and
well-being at work are tremendous assets to an organisation. This study aimed to determine …

In this study we explored the experiences of nurses and midwives, including the process
involved in deciding whether or not to render care to patients during the Ebola outbreak in …