Abstract

SWART, M.J.; VAN ZYL, G.J.  and  VAN DEN BERG, J.A.. 'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasie-uitkomste: 'n Chirurgiese hermeneutiek. Acta theol. [online]. 2015, vol.35, n.2, pp.120-141. ISSN 2309-9089.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/actat.v35i2.8.

Negative outcomes of coronary bypass operations not only have an important impact on the patient and family, but also have an influence on the cardiac surgeon on many levels. Within a specific surgical context and from a tradition of faith, interwoven narratives present the possibility of an interdisciplinary conversation between medical science and theology. By following an auto-ethnographic approach, an invitation is offered to participate in sharing the surgeon's database as a new hermeneutic text. Fellow cardiac surgeons on a national level are involved by way of a Delphi research model, providing for a collective tracing of God's involvement in surgical outcomes. In a process of a reinterpretation of negative surgical outcomes, Henri Nouwen's three poles of a spiritual movement can lead to spiritual transformation. Bearing physiological barriers and lifestyles in mind, as well as God's involvement, the patient and surgeon can in a new manner reflect on possible negative outcomes following operative procedures.

Keywords : Surgery; Narrative; Auto-etnography; Spirituality; Theology.

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