Letters to Silent Teachers in Tzu Chi Medical School
A Spiritual Interaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12097204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guo-Ming Chen (0000-0002-2629-5420, University of Rhode Island, corresponding author), Chien Ju Chang (Tzu Chi University), Chien Chang, Tong Yu (0000-0001-7753-5706) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 441-454 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481187.2011.553314 |
| PMID | 24501855 |
| OpenAlex | W2080983826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
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
Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Dead body · Medical education · Medical school · Pathology · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |