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February 2003, Vol 93, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 185-186
© 2003 American Public Health Association

LETTER

MUSGRAVE ET AL. RESPOND

Catherine F. Musgrave, DNSc, RN, Carol Easley Allen, PhD, RN, MS and Gregory J. Allen, ThD

Catherine F. Musgrave is with the Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel. Carol Easley Allen is with the Department of Nursing, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala. Gregory J. Allen is with the Department of Religion and Theology, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Carol Easley Allen, PhD, RN, MS, Department of Nursing, Oakwood College, 7000 Adventist Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35896 (e-mail: callen@oakwood.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

The definition of spirituality that we most hold typically characteristic of the African American and Hispanic women described in the literature and encountered in our practice is the traditional one, that is, "a basic or inherent quality in all humans that involves a belief in something greater than the self and a faith that positively affirms life." There was no attempt on our part to assert the first definition presented: "an inner quality that facilitates connectedness with the self, other people, and nature."

A discussion of spirituality and health for women of color in no way implies a denial of . . . [Full Text]






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