Spirituality, Religiosity, and Cardiology: a Challenge for Clinical Practice

Abstract

Holism is a medical doctrine that analyzes the phenomena of man as an indivisible whole, which cannot be explained by the sum of its parts. The human being’s relationship with the Sacred was part of the culture of peoples. Sometimes it was direct, human and Sacred; in general, they were mediated by religions, organizations or systems which took this relationship as absolute, according to their concepts. According to DEMCA (Cardiovascular Study Group on Spirituality and Medicine Brazilian Society of Cardiology), spirituality is a set of moral, mental and emotional values that guide thoughts, behaviors and attitudes in intraand interpersonal relationships. According to the holism, when evaluating the trinomial Health, R/E, we are considering subtle energies, still poorly evaluated, understood and unknown that, for a more attentive observer, are present in the daily doctor-patient relationship. Cardiology Research and Cardiovascular Medicine Oliveria F JA, et al. Cardiolog Res Cardiovasc Med 6: 10168. www.doi.org/10.29011/2638-003X.100068 www.gavinpublishers.com