...Running head: DIVERSE FAITHS AND HEALTH Diverse Faiths and Health Care Practices: Nursing Integration Amy Buttaro Grand Canyon University: Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V September 2, 2012 Abstract Cultural diversity plays a major role in health care. Hinduism, Sikhism and Islamic medical practices are discussed. Medical beliefs and daily activities that are affected when members of these faiths are hospitalized and options for adjustments related to those beliefs are highlighted. Appling these adjustments to practices can be made. Diverse Faiths and Health Care Practices: Nursing Integration Health care providers come in contact with many patients of various backgrounds and religions. Knowing and understanding the diversity and how it affects health care practices is an important factor in treatment and care of patients. Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam are just a few of the faiths with differing beliefs relating to healthcare that differ from traditional Christian philosophy. Hindu According to Robinson (2012), Hinduism is the third largest religion and considered the oldest religion in the world. There are many diverse sects within the Hindu faith, but all have a common belief in karma, which means for every action there is a reaction that will affect the person’s future resulting in acceptance and compliance regarding health care provider instructions, and this will have an affect on the decision making process (Queensland Health,...
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...Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Michelle L. Murphy GCU: Spirituality in Healthcare March 16, 2014 Rev. Rick Hudock Abstract As heath care providers we need to keep mindful of the care we provide to several different religious traditions. It is up to the health care professional to respect and understand the ideals that affect our patients and their family members. In this paper we will compare the philosophies of three diverse faiths. The faiths chosen are Islam, Christian Science and Buddhism, and how they compare to Christianity. We will learn about basic beliefs, spiritual perspectives on healing, and the components of healing such as meditation, prayer and other rituals they follow. Furthermore, addressing the importance and perceptive of how to care for a patient with a different faith and cultural view. In the field of nursing we are in constant contact with patients of several different faiths. This requires an abundance of knowledge and acceptance towards multiple beliefs and religions. The philosophies of Christian Science, Buddhism and Islam compared to Christianity have significantly diverse beliefs surrounding health, illness, death and healing. From a spiritual perspective we will learn about each of these faiths. We will place focus on their beliefs on healing, meditation, rituals, prayer and their views on afterlife. We as healthcare providers need to know what is viewed with importance in their faith in order to treat the patient...
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...in doing away our suspicions, hypocrisies, prejudices and intolerances. It is in treating all creation with respect and dignity whether black or white humans, from the South or the North, Tribals or Brahmins, animals or plants. It is about celebrating unity in diversity. It is about celebrating all God’s creation. Where do we find these principles? It is in the Christian Bible. It seems clear to me that a true Christian believer, who believes in the Triune Creator of the world, is one with a spirit of secularism, but never a racist, celebrating different race, culture and religion. The Bible as the revelation of God assists Christian believers to live out what it means to have a “faith seeking understanding” that reflects the secular consciousness and relevant to the every day’s experience of a diverse community in India. Lesslie Newbigin is right when he says that, “In India...it needs Christians to keep the secular state truly secular”(76). Christians must take this as opportunity and recognize “the possibility of...
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...American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us Robert Putnam & David Campbell Summary Points: Changes in American Religiosity & Tolerance (Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 15) Chapter 3 & 4: Religiosity in America Lifecycle, Generational, and Period Effect Change Ø Most people’s religious views and habits are formed fairly early in life. All of us tend to evolve in fairly predictable ways as we age, following what social scientists call life cycle patterns. These patterns produce a kind of life cycle escalator toward greater religiosity as an individual ages. Ø However, people born and raised in different eras get onto that escalator at different levels. People raised in a less religious era may never become as observant as people raised in a more observant time… Such a difference between people born and raised in different eras is termed by social scientists a generational effect. Ø Both generational and life cycle patterns involve change, but in pure form they produce very different...
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...“In many parts of the world today religious education is facing dramatic challenges.” (catholicireland.net, 2012). We live in a world where society is greatly affected by the ways and customs of different religions and cultures. The questioning of the relationship between religion and education in Ireland has been a sizeable debate recently. The increase in immigration etc. has resulted in new and diverse religions and cultures being introduced into Irish society. Naturally this means that change is imminent. When people first heard that I would be studying to become a religious education teacher their reactions were mostly what I had expected. The look on their face said it all for most people. I could tell they were thinking that religious education was not a real subject. That is was merely a subject where you could catch up on homework or sit back, relax and watch a movie. Of course my natural instinct was to defend the subject as I knew why I wanted to and was going to study to become a religious educator. However as I found myself trying to explain, it was challenging to try and find the words to define what the subject is and what it entails. It was difficult to do this without sounding like a “holy joe” as the expression goes. It made me realise that I needed to sit down and think in detail the meaning of religious education and also what I think the future of religious education in Ireland looks like? Will religious education still be a subject in Ireland in years to...
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...groups that adhere to the same religion and the same text have been fighting (and involving many other groups and cultures) over who is interpreting the text most closely to the way it was intended. Not all dealings with religion, be it strict or not, are cast in a negative light. It is often believed that religion is a tie that binds us all together and serves to bring people together for common survival and giving our lives a sense of purpose. (John Bowker). Many twelve step programs and several drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centers and programs use religion to help people redirect their energy and their lives. As organized religion becomes more and more diverse, the directive and purpose reach further into different aspects of society. Personally, I have wavering faith in any organized religion. I have my own beliefs based on my own life experiences; this...
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...me can be both the person and the supernatural force that can take that person over. Watching this video of 9/11 and the way it affected people was very touching and at the same time very irritating to me. I am a Christian and I do believe in evil but once something like this happens it shows that even the people that think that they have so much faith can lose all that faith that they think that they had in a split second. I know that this was hard and I know that I cannot relate with these people as far as losing a loved one in this catastrophe but out of this catastrophe you can relate it to everyday things that happen. It might not be as EXTREME but it does fit. To hear someone say “this is the best reason to not believe in God” saddened my heart but also made me think about how many people say that after every bad and evil thing that happens. God is not the reason that any evil thing happened. It was said perfectly by an agnostic man in the video. He said “God is not the one who pushes people off of a cliff with his finger. It is our Game and we are the ones moving the pieces”. This video helped me see the diverse perspectives of evil in all the different religions. Just like any other evil thing that happens in the world it had a push/pull effect on everybody and their beliefs. The...
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...Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Grand Canyon University: HLTH 310V Abstract As nurses it is important to understand that there is not just one faith, but there are numerous faiths. In order to provide quality of care to our patient, it is important we have insight and understanding to one’s belief. Three religions that are often encountered in health care are Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism with similarities and differences shared within the religions. This paper describes each religion with its spiritual perspectives on healing and its healing components. Also discussed is how the health care providers spiritual belief may differ from the patient beliefs. The comparison is also made with the religions and Christianity with its philosophy of faith and healing. Health Care Providers and Faith Diversity Today health care facilities are faced with patients of diverse backgrounds in religion and faith beliefs. Our job as health care providers is not only to provide promotional, preventative, curative and rehabilitation to our patient and families but to also provide them with emotional and spiritual healing as well. It is important to gain information about our patient and the religion they use to practice with, in order to help in their healing process. Three faiths that will be discussed are Islam, Buddism, and Hindusim. These three faiths will also be compared to Christianity. Islam is a religion in which they voluntary submission or...
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...Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Members of the healthcare team come in contact with a diverse multi-cultural environment on a daily basis. Every individual is just that an individual with a different worldview and varying faith background. To some individual’s, religion plays a very important role in their daily lives, while to others it may not seem to play a very big role. Newsweek (2009) polls since 1992 show religion is fairly to very important in the lives of 85% of people (as cited in Ashcraft, Anthony, & Mancuso, 2010). Numbers this high show that religion plays a major role to many and with that healthcare providers need to be aware of their own beliefs, while maintaining a respectful and supportive environment for the patients they are caring for and their beliefs. Patients along with nurses often look to their faith when in times of stress and illness. This paper will discuss the Native American spirituality philosophy compared to the Christian philosophy. Native American Spirituality According to the United States census (2000) “4.3 million people (1.5% of the total United States population) self-identified as American Indian or Alaska Native (as cited in Hubbert, 2008). Native American healing practices may include traditional healers such as medicine men and women, herbalists, and shaman who work to return the individual to optimal health. Rituals of healing and purification ceremonies, sand painting, spiritual chants, dancing, therapeutic sings, along...
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...Faith Diversity The United States is a very faith diverse country. There are people from all different cultures, religions, and faiths. Nurses must become educated about these different religious beliefs in order to provide appropriate care for their patients. “Personal faith is a reflection of an individual’s transcendent values and philosophy of life.” (O’Brien, 2008, p. 62) Nurses’ care for the ill and deal with many end of life situations. It is imperative that they understand their patients faith or “philosophy of life” in order to provide the type of care that will support them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. First Interview- Buddhism The first person that I interviewed was a friend that is practicing Buddhism. “The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.” (Public Broadcasting Station [PBS], n.d., para. 3) They believe in Karma (belief of the law cause and effect). According to my friend, they are private in their religious practices and would rather not discuss their beliefs. Healing is found in the belief in Buddha. She is a vegetarian and does not believe that harm should be done to animals. Buddha is known...
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...main objectives of this research project are to give insight into the various etiologies of disease that are adopted by both the biomedical and spiritual healing systems in Jaffna, to identify complementary aspects of both explanatory models of these systems, and to further propose practical steps towards building trust and collaboration between these systems and in patient-healer relationships in order to ultimately take steps toward improving health outcomes in partnering institutions within Jaffna. Background Due to the medically pluralistic environment of Jaffna and the surrounding areas, many people in Jaffna employ complex combinations of both biomedical and spiritual healing modalities. While researching the connections between faith and medicine in Jaffna public school study programs, it became evident to me that many people in Jaffna have adopted informal guidelines according to their belief systems that dictate which medical healing modalities they seek when illness arises. Often times, patients perceive a dichotomy between physical and spiritual healing, which leads...
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...Running head: Religious Belief System Religious Belief System University of Phoenix Religious Belief System Due to the diverse cultures around the world, people experience life differently and adopt assorted personal belief systems. The basis of these belief systems is personal experience and tradition as well as an outline regarding how an individual lives life. Tolerance is an element of life in any diverse area as every person lives life by following a personal set of beliefs and tolerance to other people’s beliefs. The basis of most major religions is ancestry because religion strictly adheres to tradition, so it is a big element in a traditional religious belief system. The catholic religion has many traditions set in ancient times still followed to this day, although Catholicism has its advantages; it also has its downsides. Parents implant an individual’s religious belief system a young age. A personal religious belief system’s foundation is the manner in which the parents raise an individual, and it should complement an individual’s personal moral ethics. Tolerance People need to respect and attempt to understand other people’s religions. People establish these beliefs throughout a lifetime. Just as people may strongly believe in personal beliefs; the public must be tolerant of other people’s individual beliefs. Great wars have stemmed from a diminished understanding of another culture’s religion. As diversity expands worldwide, people of different cultures...
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...Healthcare and faith diversity: Today’s world consists of many individuals with different cultural and religious beliefs. Each culture and religion is composed of a series of rules and traditions that are passed on from ancestors.. These traditions are then passed down to our generation. Religion and tradition are connected to each other and is really important in a person’s life as it teaches us how to live our lives according to certain beliefs and worldviews. As healthcare professionals we see a diverse range of patients with different religious and cultural beliefs. We have to understand and work around the different individuals worldview to help them with their problems and illnesses. Diversity is described as when people from different culture, religions and traditions come under one system and coexist. In a diverse community there are different individuals with different religious beliefs and traditions according to which they live. In order to understand the similarities and differences between religion and cultural aspects, we have be aware of the essence of their beliefs and traditions and work with them in harmony and peace. In order to do that it becomes critical for the healthcare provider to be open-minded and have a broad spiritual perspective when having patients from different religions, traditions, and cultures (Shelly & Miller, 2006). This paper will discuss the comparison between Christians and Buddhists and how traditions, healthcare worldview...
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...mission of Ta- Wa-Si was discovering new horizons, creating possibilities and building memories. In 2010 a Visioning Committee of the Board formulated several guiding principles including: create a nurturing environment for all who attend Camp Ta-Wa-Si; create a multi-functional safe, year round, accessible facility; welcoming to a diversity of peoples while respecting the United Church principles and following the policies of Camp Ta-Wa-Si; respecting and enhancing the natural environment; and, opportunities to enrich the lives of those who attend. Camp primarily believed in teaching Christianity to children. They focused in their faith in religion. I would see this as a Religious Organization that has a different way of teaching children and hence they can also be seen as “ Recreation and vacation Industry” but this is only their way of spreading faith. 2. In defining the industry in this way, how would you categorize / group those who compete with Ta-Wa-Si in some way? Why this categorization? (Note: list specific organizations in your categorization) The other...
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...them. I feel this course has opened up my mind to many possibilities in regard to religion. I have sometimes questioned some of the beliefs in my own religion, Roman Catholicism. I will now and always remain true to the traditions and beliefs of Catholicism, but I found certain traditions and beliefs in other faiths interesting and some I may adopt in my own life to become a better person. Learning others beliefs and attitudes is important to provide an understanding of another’s way of thinking. Having knowledge of other religions eliminates judgment of others. Instead of immediately judging someone because of his or her beliefs, an understanding will help to treat one another with respect and to respect other’s beliefs. Many people hate other cultures, religions, and declare his or her religion to be the right way. I believe this stems from a misunderstanding of religions and cultures. I believe a better understanding and acceptance of world religions can eliminate any hate one may have for a culture. The world and the United States in particular are getting more diverse in regard to religion. Many of us will be contact with someone of another faith and learning...
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