Religiosity In Healthcare
“The Practice of Ministry of Medicine”, written by Margaret Mohrmann, MD, PhD., talks about how important is it to not only understand the patient’s diagnoses, but to also to understand that the patient is more than that diagnoses, that they have a story as well. The second article, “The Impact of Religiosity and Individual Prayer”, written by Piava, Piava, Yennurajalingam, and Hui, is a published journal article, that shows how religiosity can impact the quality of life of patients. Both of these articles show how using different writing techniques can affect the way readers perceive the message being given. More specifically, oone article is talking about a nonscientific topic, religion, in a scientific way, while the other article is talking
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“The Practice of Ministry of Medicine” creates a very personal feeling for the readers and creating these feelings causes the article to become nonscientific. The writer used words like “I” and “we” to describe her personal experiences and to create an emotion for her readers. She wants to convey the message she has in a way that the readers can understand, even if they have no medical background. Using words like “I” and “we” allow the audience to see the author’s story being told in her perspective. For example, she writes, “…one of the things I believe I have learned…” and “When I talk with…” There is also an instance when Morhmann writes, “And an example from my own experience…” and “So let me tell you another story.” The examples allow the author uses, are for her to share her own personal experiences in order for her readers to understand and create an emotional attachment to what the she is trying to get across. However, since Morhmann used the words “I” and “we”, this article became nonscientific, even though the topic is dealing with something very scientific, medicine, and even what she is proposing is very practical. The words “I” and “we” are not used in scientific articles because they discredit the research or information that is being collected. Scientific articles are meant to be objective. This objectivity makes it hard for the reader to make the
“The Practice of Ministry of Medicine” creates a very personal feeling for the readers and creating these feelings causes the article to become nonscientific. The writer used words like “I” and “we” to describe her personal experiences and to create an emotion for her readers. She wants to convey the message she has in a way that the readers can understand, even if they have no medical background. Using words like “I” and “we” allow the audience to see the author’s story being told in her perspective. For example, she writes, “…one of the things I believe I have learned…” and “When I talk with…” There is also an instance when Morhmann writes, “And an example from my own experience…” and “So let me tell you another story.” The examples allow the author uses, are for her to share her own personal experiences in order for her readers to understand and create an emotional attachment to what the she is trying to get across. However, since Morhmann used the words “I” and “we”, this article became nonscientific, even though the topic is dealing with something very scientific, medicine, and even what she is proposing is very practical. The words “I” and “we” are not used in scientific articles because they discredit the research or information that is being collected. Scientific articles are meant to be objective. This objectivity makes it hard for the reader to make the