Borrowed prayers: accompaniment at the bedside
Abstract
The preoperative bay is not designed for reverence. Curtains offer scarcely a hint of privacy, monitors emit indifferent tones, the clock above the sink ticks loudly, steadily. My patient lies in bed, hair beneath a bouffant cap. The blind left eye that we will soon remove — causing pain that has
Fields of Study & Subjects
Religion
Spirituality
and Psychology
Palliative and Oncologic Care
Empathy and Medical Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Volume
- 198
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- E183–E184
- Publication date
- 8 February 2026
- Language
- EN