Religiosity in Therapeutic Communication of Islamic Medicine Thibbun Nabawi

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10.2991/icobest-18.2018.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

religiosity, therapeutic communication, thibbun nabawi, therapist

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how the religiosity of thibbun nabawi therapists in the therapeutic communication process to their patients and to determine the religiosity functions of thibbun nabawi therapists in the therapeutic communication process. Thibbun nabawi is a medical treatment rooted in the Islamic tradition because it is mentioned in the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad. This study uses a qualitative approach with phenomenological method. The subjects of this research are therapists who works in cupping clinics in Bandung city, Indonesia. The study was conducted with interviews, observation, and document study. The results of this study indicate that when doing therapeutic communication, thibbun nabawi therapists have dimensions in the form of: (1) the belief that God is the only healer, (2) submission through prayer, (3) inner tranquility, (4) patience, (5) adherence to the Shari'a, (6) understanding of treatment methods based on the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, and (7) the ability to convey religious messages to patients. These dimensions of religiosity are inherent in the therapist which are then shown in verbal and nonverbal messages during therapy. The functions of the religiosity of thibbun nabawi therapists in the therapeutic communication process are: (1) provoding comfort to the patient, (2) giving positive suggestion to the patient, and (3) increase credibility to the therapists. This religiosity is important to be owned by thibbun nabawi therapists because it will affect the achievement of therapeutic communication goals, namely helping to achieve recovery, spiritual (ruhiyah) strengthening, and mental strengthening of patients.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tina Rakhmatin Sabariah Usman
AU  - Deddy Mulyana
AU  - Purwanti Hadisiswi
AU  - Susie Perbawasri
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Religiosity in Therapeutic Communication of Islamic Medicine Thibbun Nabawi
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Business, Economic, Social Science and Humanities (ICOBEST 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 459
EP  - 465
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icobest-18.2018.100
DO  - 10.2991/icobest-18.2018.100
ID  - RakhmatinSabariahUsman2018/11
ER  -