Spiritual resources and childhood cancer
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Cancer is a disease that affects a lot of families very seriously, produces significant alterations, which necessarily require adaptation. Beside the importance of family factors in coping with cancer, some studies indicate the influence of spiritual beliefs and practices for strengthening and comforting family through with this disease. The main objective of this investigation is to identify the spiritual resources that promote coping and overcoming with such adversity. A series of semi‐open question interviews were carried out with the five families involved in the study. They were done using a guide which aimed at obtaining answers regarding their spiritual resources. The results show that spiritual resources improve the quality of family adjustment, as it helps to mitigate the emotional pain presented in the family during the disease.
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