Running head: THE HEALING HOSPITAL The Healing Hospital Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V The Healing Hospital A traditional hospital is an institution that is devoted to the delivery of comprehensive health care to patients, utilizing conventional medicine with the intent of diagnosing, treating, and curing disease through scientific evidence based procedures and interventions. Traditional medicine is focused on the biomedical science of addressing the
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Responsibilities of official agencies, directly entrusted with safeguarding the public from potentially harmful products, are awkwardly divided between the FDA and FTC. When discussing ways of addressing safety concerns, Abe underlines that “[c]onsumers and healthcare professionals can also report adverse events related to the use of dietary supplements to governmental agencies; however, such reports are made on a voluntary basis.” (Abe 967). The report that a team led by Abe compiled, reveals that legislator
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Running Head: MEDICAL PLURALISM IN WESTERN SOCIETY 1 Course Project: Medical Pluralism in Western Society July 31st, 2015 Introduction & Objectives: Through the course of Health and Society, we explore different techniques and remedies for the use of individual’s health. We have come to an understanding that even in a Western society that is dominated by
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Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Shelly Morrow Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V August 30, 2014 Abstract BACKGROUND: To care for a patient in a holistic manner requires one to be able to adapt to the diversity of faiths encountered as well as providing spiritual support as per the patient’s faith. OBJECTIVES: This paper aims at exploring three less well-known faiths and compare the philosophy of providing health care from the perspective
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Promotion NRS-429V Pat King April 15, 2012 To compare and contrast my search in the library database, I observe there was plenty to learn when it comes to healthcare and health promotion in the three journal articles I have read. The articles stress the evolution of health promotion from primary, secondary and tertiary level of care in the healthcare field. Before this evolution, we were just treating the individual as they become sick; but with the health promotion in the horizon, the individual is
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Running head: THE HEALING HOSPITAL The Healing Hospital: Serving God and His People Sandra Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT 310V August 28, 2011 The Healing Hospital Paradigm The Healing Hospital paradigm does not only bring love and care back to health care but radical loving care to the bedside. This concept, although seemingly progressive, borrows and puts into action theories of such great theorist as Jean Watson that believe in treating the mind, body, and
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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
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Heritage Assessment Tool Stacey Howard Grand Canyon University 4/20/2014 Heritage Assessment Tool The Heritage Assessment Tool is useful in determining how connected an individual is to their specific culture which enables the culturally competent practitioner to identify health traditions, evaluate needs, and create appropriate plans for health maintenance, protection and/or restoration of the patient. Heritage and culture are interchangeable words that represent the concept
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FBOs have tremendous strategic leadership and management resources which may be harnessed in an effort to serve communities. Volunteers among congregations seem to be motivated and commited to organisations where they distribute and are involved in healthcare, mentoring/tutoring, educational assistance, clothing, housing/shelter, food and substance abuse programmes (Wineburgh et al., 1992 cited in Hula et al., 2007). Therefore, the second chapter aims to analyse critically, literature that exists on
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build this type of care for a healing hospital starts with something as simple as the hospital design. The design of the hospital is very important. Weather there will be a lot of light or not, spacing, and how that space it utilized. “Historically, healthcare facilities have been designed to accommodate medical equipment and building mechanics - not people” (Whitemyer, 2012). What used to be sterile, bland, clinical environments are turning into warm, welcoming, user-friendly spaces. Single patient rooms
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