PROBLEMATIZATIONS, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE INSERTION OF RELIGIOSITY/SPIRITUALITY (R/S) IN THE CONTEXT OF BRAZILIAN HOSPITALS

Abstract

Brazil is an admittedly religious and spiritual country, although the IBGE Census 1990, 2000 and 2010 have pointed progressive increase in the number of those who consider themselves non-religious. Compared to other countries, Brazil also appears as a country of religious dominance. These figures show that religion is a topic of interest to the Brazilian, who crosses culture and is present in everyday influencing their beliefs, behavior and world view. From these findings, it can be inferred that the demand to work the intersections of Religiosity and Spirituality (R / E) in health care may be higher than expected and higher than the health professionals are prepared to handle. One can ask whether these professionals have some formal learning within their formations on the subject of R / E and how much they are receptive to deal with religiosity / different spiritualities of his and perhaps unknown, considering the religious diversity in Brazil and up the multireligiousness (when the person attends more than one religion simultaneously).