'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasie-uitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek
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Date
2015
Authors
Swart, M. J.
Van Zyl, G. J.
Van den Berg, J. A.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
Negative outcomes of coronary bypass operations not only have an important
impact on the patient and family, but also have an influence on the cardiac surgeon
on many levels. Within a specific surgical context and from a tradition of faith,
interwoven narratives present the possibility of an interdisciplinary conversation
between medical science and theology. By following an auto-ethnographic
approach, an invitation is offered to participate in sharing the surgeon’s database
as a new hermeneutic text. Fellow cardiac surgeons on a national level are involved
by way of a Delphi research model, providing for a collective tracing of God’s
involvement in surgical outcomes. In a process of a reinterpretation of negative
surgical outcomes, Henri Nouwen’s three poles of a spiritual movement can lead
to spiritual transformation. Bearing physiological barriers and lifestyles in mind, as
well as God’s involvement, the patient and surgeon can in a new manner reflect on
possible negative outcomes following operative procedures.
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Surgery, Narrative, Auto-etnography, Spirituality, Theology
Citation
Swart, M.J., Van Zyl, G.J., & Van den Berg, J.A. (2015). 'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasie-uitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek. Acta Theologica, 35(2), 120-141.