Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2011
Department
Communication Studies
Abstract
This article examines the spiritual communication between medical students and the donated dead body they anatomized, referred to as the silent teacher. Data were obtained from the medical school of Tzu Chi University in Taiwan, where students are required to write a letter to the silent teacher at the end of the semester after they have anatomized the body. The school has collected and published a total of 89 letters from 1996 to 2001. This article content analyzes all the 89 letters published and draws common themes from them. Based on the results of this content analysis, we have developed a model of spiritual communication.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Death Studies
Volume
35
Issue
5
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Chen, G. M., Chang, C., & Yu, T. (2011). Letters to Silent Teachers in Tzu Chi Medical School: A Spiritual Interaction. Death Studies, 35(5), 441–454. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2011.553314
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2011.553314
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