caa a22 4500 475816609 CHVBK 20180406123811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004634607280 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004634607280 Dane Barbara Ehrenkranz School of Social Work of New York University, New York City aut Thai Women: Meditation as a Way to Cope with AIDS [Elektronische Daten] [Barbara Dane] Mental-health professionals often ignore the spirituality and religious beliefs that can aid a person's ability to cope with a life-threatening illness such as HIV/AIDS. As the physical body succumbs to the disease, people with HIV/AIDS search for ways to lower their stress, regain control of their health, attain some peace of mind, and hope to prolong their survival. This sense of personal control is important when dealing with chronic or terminal illness. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of meditation in Thai Buddhist women who are infected with HIV/AIDS. Interviews were conducted with 26 Thai women living in the northern part of Thailand known as Chiang Mai, where the incidence of AIDS is the highest in Southeast Asia. Although the scope of this study is limited and not generalizable, it supports the idea that a spiritual approach to healing, in conjunction with conventional medical treatment, is a source of great comfort to persons living with HIV/AIDS and may influence immune functioning. Blanton-Peale Institute, 2000 Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/1(2000-03-01), 5-21 0022-4197 39:1<5 2000 39 10943 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004634607280 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004634607280 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Dane Barbara Ehrenkranz School of Social Work of New York University, New York City aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/1(2000-03-01), 5-21 0022-4197 39:1<5 2000 39 10943 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer