...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, 2011). Some basic Hindu practices related to health care and healing that need to be addressed are medical beliefs, prayer, bathing, dietary factors, and personal space. Many Hindus beliefs have a direct relationship with medical care and will have an effect on outcomes. The basic belief in the Hindu faith is that illness is the imbalance of the biological, psychological, and spiritual, and...
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...Journal Article Review: Use of prayer and scripture in therapy Liberty University Use of prayer and scripture in therapy Summary Effectively integrating psychology and theology has been an ongoing endeavor for many Christian therapists who wish to be ethically sound in their therapeutic practices and yet honor the use of the Holy Spirit as the ultimate Counselor and Comforter. Use of prayer and scripture in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is a study that focuses specifically on the efficacy of the use of prayer and scripture within the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) model. While CBT is more than 30 years old (Tan, 2007, pg. 101), it has been “expanded to include mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies” (Tan, 2007, pg. 101). The author bases his article on the findings that there are a minimum of 10 outcome studies providing empirical support regarding the efficacy of “religiously-oriented or spiritually-oriented CBT with religious clients” (Tan, 2007, pg. 102). The article describes the author’s development and use of an ethical and appropriate approach to utilizing prayer and scripture within a Christian modality of CBT. The author has used this approach in a variety of settings including hospital, college, and private practice. The key points to his Christian approach to CBT very briefly include the emphasis of agape love, dealing adequately with past issues, the possibility of demonic involvement, use of alignment with God’s word, focusing on problems with...
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...Liberty University January 31, 2012 Summary Prayer is one of the most powerful and frequently used spiritual interventions performed by Christian counseling groups all over the world. However, combining religion and science has always been a controversial issue for centuries. According to Weld and Eriksen, most clients want to include their spirituality and their religion as part of their counseling sessions. The integration of this spiritual therapy is done by conducting surveys and observations. The core of this survey is to gather insight on their beliefs and finding out what method of conducting prayer is appropriate and spiritually motivated. These studies were done at 1 church counseling center and 6 private practices. The ages ranged from 18 to 77 with 64% being females and 36% being males.(Weld & Eriksen, 2007). These two instrumentations are called “the brief therapy” survey is used for clients and “the prayer survey”, which is used for the therapists’ purpose. The brief therapy survey is aimed at the therapist to monitor client’s needs and wants with regards to his counseling sessions. These surveys allow therapists to respect their client’s wishes so as to integrate a working profile for each individual; which in turn allows therapists to build a healthy relationship with clients along with a their spiritual needs fulfilled. The prayer surveys are scales of numbers. It is aimed at the client and it uses survey completed by clients to grade their therapist...
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...Rebecca Adams Grand Canyon University HLT-310V Spirituality October 20, 2013 Abstract The world is awash with diversity. A person can find differences in different religions, cultures and most importantly in various belief systems. This paper will examine three belief systems in order to show the reader how a belief system can shape certain responses to healthcare. The three religions that will be discussed are Native American spirituality, Islam and Buddhism faiths. Although these faiths are different they do have similarities between each other. Health care provider and faith diversity Native Americans spirituality is described in four cultural elements of medicine, harmony, relation and vision. There are approximately 558 federally as well as state recognized Native American nations (Garrett & Wilbur, 1999). Each of these tribes practice differently where spirituality is concerned. Some of the concepts that are valued to Native Americans are community contribution, sharing, acceptance, cooperation, harmony and balance, noninterference, extended family, attention to nature, immediacy of time awareness of the relationship, and a deep respect for elders (Garrett & Wilbur, 1999). All these core concepts honor the importance of balance and the belief that everything is sacred as well as sharing a connection with the energy of life (Garrett & Wilbur, 1999). This is the basic concept of Native spirituality across all tribal nations. Native Americans...
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...the way that other countries do.1 The Church of England, for example, has its doctrine and prayer book ratified by Parliament and has the Queen as supreme authority over both ecclesiastical and civil matters.2 However, the central legislators of this country listen to the Speaker of the House open each Parliamentary session with the following prayer.3 Almighty God, humbly acknowledging our need for Thy guidance in all things, and laying aside all private and personal interests, we beseech Thee to grant that we may conduct the affairs of this House and of our country to the glory of Thy holy name, the maintenance of true religion and justice, the honour of the Queen, and the public welfare, peace, and tranquillity of New Zealand, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Is this appropriate in a country that professes no state church and the tolerance of all religions equally?4 Religious content has historically infiltrated governing and administrative bodies. However, with the cultural disestablishment of Christianity and the emergence of toleration for all faiths, there continues to be the presence and preference of a small set of religions by the State. The degree to which religion interacts with the State varies with different public bodies. One reaction to this ad hoc system is the impression that such a dynamic between religion and the State might only be justified through preference for the preservation of the status quo. Considering the provisions in the New Zealand Bill...
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...PRAYER AND THE 1 Prayer and the School Setting PHI 200 Instructor Lisa Linkin May 11, 2012 Prayer and the School Setting Many students throughout the world carry on their daily tasks of going to school. They come home or to their dorms from the excessive day of learning and they may say a prayer or they may not. For the ones that do say a prayer, they may feel as if the prayer would have been better said during school at the time of a “stressful situation or test”. This was not the case because prayer is being banned from school. This topic has been a very hot one from the time of the first person speaking out against having prayer in the school setting even until now showing no signs of letting up. Why is it so bothersome? It stands to reason that the reason prayer in the school setting is such a rampant subject is because those on both sides of the situation have very strong and valid arguments. Every time there seems to be a sound solution, there is something else that challenges the peace the solution seemingly creates. When it comes to the issue of prayer being appropriate for the school setting there are those that say that it is not appropriate, those that agree that it is, and those willing to look for solutions to pacify both sides. To even come close to beginning to identify whether prayer is appropriate for school or not one must understand exactly what both these...
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...Introduction Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Iran, was founded about 3500 years ago by the prophet Zarathushtra. He preached that Ahura Mazda, meaning “Wise Lord,” is the only omnipotent and omniscient God (Hay, 2007). Zarathushtra has been known in the West as Zoroaster, from the Greek transliteration of his name, thus the name Zoroastrianism. After the Arab’s invasion of Iran, the once popular religion was replaced by Islam and a handful follower of Zarathushtra fled from Iran to India to escape the persecution. They are known today in India as Parsis. Currently, there are approximately 250,000 people practicing Zoroastrianism, of which 80% live in India and the rest in various parts of the world including United States (Rivetna, 2002). Although Zoroastrianism lost its status as a popular world religion, its study and knowledge are very useful in our understanding of the development of religious thought in the ancient world and how some of its important beliefs and practices have parallels in other religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. Keywords: Zoroastrianisn, Ahura Mazda, sadre, kusti Basic tenets of Zoroastrianism Jayaram (2000) discussed the Zoroastrian religion in his article “Main Beliefs of Zoroastrianism.” While Zoroastrians believe that Ahuramazda is the supreme, omniscient and omnipotent God (monotheism); they also believe in the existence of a number of divinities (polytheism) who represent His good qualities and who...
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...Identify the compelling arguments for and against one of the following policies in a developing country. Include the perspective of the host country itself, the MNE, and the local workforce affected. Choose one Child labor is a major problem in many developing countries of Asia and Africa. Child labor occurs is places where there is poverty and lack of education facilities. In many countries parents need to pay for education which they cannot afford. While some children at times even work to pay for their own education. They don’t have a healthy upbringing. They can be prone to various air-borne diseases due to direct contact with hazards chemicals in factories. The tasks that the children do are physically demanding. This make them crippled and week as an early age. Most children even die at the early age with not enough nutrients to help them take such a physical toil. Most go to work in order to come out of that plight of poverty. Though the children are exploited and made to work lengthy hours with less pay they still serve as a major contributor to the family income. Many international communities have put of policies and law to curb child labor. International Labor Organization (ILO) has created several conventions that 175 of its members can adopt. While some are taking drastic steps to abolish child labor completely. The route is not child labor itself but it is the way companies and societies operate by exploiting these workers and taking advantage of their plight...
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...patients from a number of different religious traditions and need to gain as much knowledge as they can, regarding such religions and their cultures to provide quality care. Three religions that are often encountered in health care are Baha’ism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. All of these religions share many similarities and, at the same time, have many differences. This paper answers the following questions about each religion: ‘What is the spiritual perspective on healing?’ ‘What are the critical components of healing, such as prayer, meditation, belief, etc?’ and ‘What is important to people of the particular faith when cared for by a health care provider whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own?’ It also compares these religions with Christianity and its philosophy of faith and healing. Health Care Providers and Faith Diversity The diversity in religions and faith beliefs is becoming more and more apparent in health care facilities today. As health care providers, our job is to show acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions. In order to do so, however, it is essential that we gain more information about different religions and how we can deal with such individuals in a hospital setting. Three faiths that will be discussed are Baha’ism, Buddhism and Sikhism. The Baha’i Faith can be encountered by health care providers today. Worship in this faith includes “prayer and meditation, participating in devotional gathering, and active service to their communities” (Baha'i International...
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...considered valuable and desires to pass on to future generations. People have different beliefs concerning health, illness, diseases, life and death; which are guided by cultural beliefs. This essay will discuss the usefulness of applying a heritage assessment in evaluating the needs of the whole person. Also, I will expound on interviews conducted with three cultural families with comparison differences in health tradition between these cultures on health maintenance, protection and restoration. One of the families to be discussed is the writer of this essay. Heritage assessment is an important step toward building cultural competency. This assessment tool consists of 29 questions that create a way to discuss a person’s beliefs regarding health, illness, spirituality, family support and personal values. The writer grew up in rural Mississippi, with two brothers and one sister in a single family home. We lived on a 65 acre farm surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins and maternal grandparents. Our ancestry consisted of African-Indian decent. In maintaining health, there were no foods forbidden to eat. Some of the foods eaten were meats, vegetables, nuts and fruits; all grown and raised on the farm. We delighted ourselves by listening to our grandparents tell folk lore stories of their past in the evening part of the day. Also, music and television were a great source of entertainment. The church and family were important in our daily lives. We shared an extended bond...
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...Heritage Assessment: Linking Heritage to Health Tricia Wharton Grand Canyon University: 429V August 23rd 2015 Heritage Assessment: Assessing Culture and Health The care needs of patients continue to change, as the United States population becomes more diverse. Nurses will be required to be more knowledgeable and respectful of the differences in cultural and religious beliefs as this diversity continues. The American Nurses Association (ANA) states, “knowledge of cultural diversity is vital at all levels of nursing practice…nurses need to understand: how cultural group groups define health and illness; what cultural groups do to maintain wellness; what cultural groups believe to be the causes of illness; and how healers cure and care for members of cultural groups.” (1991). The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is comprised of 29 questions utilized to investigate a given patient’s ethnic, religious and cultural background. The assessment tool assists with building trusting and therapeutic nurse-patient relationships that will ensure care standards are met (Spector, 2009). HAT is a resource that will be most useful in determining the influence the family, ethnic and religious communities play in a patient’s health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. With adequate knowledge, nurses are able to offer medical care that is complementary to traditional beliefs or treatment (Spector, 2009). The following paper will discuss the usefulness of applying the HAT...
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...believed by each group. Then determine how you believe each group will react to the issue based on what you find. Provide a brief justification for your answer. After completing the matrix, write a 300- to 500-word summary of the significant similarities and differences among the different religious groups. |SCHOOL ISSUES | |Prayer in School |Creationism v. Evolution |Studying Women’s Rights in the Middle East |Saying the Pledge of Allegiance |Starting a Gay and Lesbian Support Group |Inter-Racial Dating | |COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer | |Atheist |Con |Atheists are opposed to prayer in school. They find it to be of an offense. They do not believe in God, therefore they do not believe in praying to God. |Pro Evolution |Atheist doesn’t believe in the power of creation which is aligned to Christianity. They are for evolution, which are scientific verses religious based. |Pro |Atheists believe in the equality of male and woman rights. They support equality and would support woman’s right in the middle east. | Con |When it comes to the pledge of Allegiance, “one nation under God” is...
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...After that, the council breezed through the next 3 items and then held apublic hearing to authorize a Special Use Permit for land that would be used for a new towing business. Upon completing the first 7 agenda items, the members turned to some more lengthy aspects of the meeting. A group of Robinson policemen gave a presentation on drug enforcement and then discussed some questions regarding the subject with city council members. The members moved on to hear from a guest regarding the city’s street renovation program, which lasted the most of the rest of the meeting. Finally, council members requested for items to be placed on future agendas and then adjourned. Robinson City Council Meeting...
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...Anti- discriminatory practice promoted in health and social care setting 1: ethical principles: Ethical principles are the principles which provide standards on which it is based on judgments in relation to ethical theories. The four keys of ethical principles are justice, autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence. Justice: This principle helps to protect all individuals from getting discriminated and allowing in getting fair treatment no matter what their background-sex, color, race, religion, belief sect. for example. : If a Muslim women enters in the clinics than she must be welcomed and treated by love and respect and not by discriminating her against religion or sex. In a health and social care setting they must raise and promote awareness of discrimination practice to stop covert and overt discrimination based on race, beliefs, religions, color etc. Autonomy: This principle helps every individual in making their own choice which must be respected by everyone. For example In a care home if the client wants a lady carer to feed her and not a men carer then she must be allowed to have that service and not go against her choice .Beneficence: this principle states that if an individual is in danger/ risk than positive action must be taken as soon as possible to help to prevent or improve the situation. For example if a patient meet with an accident on his way home and fractured his hip and in the emergency (ambulance) nurse must provide pain medication as soon as possible...
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...to utilize this tool to improve the health care quality for the patients from diverse ethnics. This paper focuses on the usefulness of Heritage Assessment in evaluating the needs of patients and families, the traditions and practices from three different families in health maintenance, health protection and health restoration based on culture heritage through the interviews. This paper also addresses the diversity and similarity of the three ethnic groups: Hispanic, Chinese and Filipino. Heritage Assessment encompasses twenty nine questions including where the ancestors of the individual are from, information about the parents, siblings and relatives, relationship between the family members, religion beliefs, life styles and language preferences and etc. By studying this assessment along with further communication, nurses are able to develop a detailed and customized care plan for the individual. Heritage Assessment serves the health care providers as a holistic approach to evaluate the multicultural health traditions and practices to establish the better understanding of individual’s culture values and beliefs. As nurses have to be culturally competent to accommodate the needs of cultural diversity, the delivery of health care is not the final objectives, the nurses must identify and adapt to the rapid...
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