The Philosophy of Healthcare

Question: What are critical common components to all religions/beliefs in regards to healing, such as prayer, meditation, belief, etc.? Explain. What is important to patients of the faiths when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own? Answer: Introduction The term philosophy of healthcare means the study of ethics, the people who maintains the health for the human beings and the processes. The philosophy of healthcare is best said as a component which is indelible of the human social structure (Allen et al). Which means that the institutional of the healthcare is seen as the necessary phenomenon of the human civilization where as an individual is in the continuous process of improvement, mend and trying to alter the total quality and nature of her or his life. This type of concern which is perennial in nature is especially prominent in the modern liberalism, where health is understood as the necessary foundation for the public life (Bunniss, 2013). The main question that is of concern with the philosophy of healthcare is: Who deserves or requires healthcare? What is the basis or the calculation of the cost of the treatments, drugs and the hospital? What will be the necessary parameters for the quality assurance and the clinical trials? The consolidated meaning of healthcare philosophy is consolidating the abundance information which is available. The 8 world view questions(Girard, 2011): What is prime reality? The answer can be God or the material cosmos. The answer here is fundamental. What is the nature of external reality? Here we will try to see the whole world as autonomous or it is created, as orderly or chaotic, as spirit or matter or whether emphasize is given on personal relationship (Guiahi, Sheeder Teal, 2014). What is human being? It is said to be a machine which is highly complex, a person made in the image of god, a sleeping god or a naked ape. What happens to the person at death? This is answered as personal extinction or transforming to a higher state. Why is it possible to know anything? The answer is the idea that we are made that the image of all knowing god. How to know what is right or wrong? It is determined by the human choice alone Meaning of human history? The answer would be realizing the purpose of god, making a paradise on earth, preparing people for lives in the community What re the life orienting, personal, core commitments are consistent in this worldview? This answer is widely varied. For example a Christian could say to fulfill the will of god or to obey to god. Christian perspective on healthcare During the bible times the physicians were the visible part of the society. The scripture which were present refereed to the medical practices both disdainfully and favorably (Hawley, 2010). The magicians, witchdoctors and charlatans were always driven away and the doctors like the Luke were always respected. When talking of the new treatment Jesus was a great physician. The gospels used to say that he healed many. He healed the people who were the sick, opened the eyes of those who were blind, made the lame man walk and the deaf man started hearing. He said to his disciples that whenever they would look after the sick people they should know that they were looking after Jesus (Quinn, 2014). After Jesus then the healthcare was started in the church. The priests were engaged in healing apart from their teaching and the preaching. In those early days the Christian opposed infanticides, abortion, and even abandoning the infants. Apart from all these they also cared the sick people irrespective of they were. The sick people were visited without thinking of their own peril; they drew themselves to the neighbors disease and willingly taking care of them. In the Greco roman era there was a colossal void in respect to caring of the sick people and the people who were dying. The geeks who were highly indulged with their gods made many temples and statues of their gods but never made any temples (Tsai, Rosenheck, Kasprow McGuire, 2011). Their medical care was vey inferior as there were very low rates of the low cure rates and the doctors were very much distrusted. At that time anyone would call them a doctor. It was said that the old roman world had no charity. It is said that the view of god is demonstrated through the incarnation of his son. Without any sin his so became one of us. The bible teaches that body and our soul is at unity and its importance. The soul can be never being separated from our body. The body belongs to the almighty and to treat the body as an object for the purpose of medical experiments would be sacrilegious. The commands of love had taught in the scriptures which are made by the Christians that they are concerned of the whole man in all the dimensions (Stingl Slamanig, 2011). Then in 1450 AD hospitals were made on the basis of Christian teachings and the Christian culture. But here was no existence of the charity hospitals for the poor until he Christians had founded them. Their main concern was to heal the sick and provide them with proper shelter. It can be said the early Christian philosophy the Christians understood the diseases(Smith, 2015). The healing methods were given in the bible. The Christians accepte d the naturalistic assumptions about those diseases and took care of the sick with the medical knowledge which they had earned from the Greeks and the Romans. Then illness was viewed as the punishment for the sins which one has made and they believed that the people who were sick needed both medical assistant and even compassion. The people who were in the community and outside the community all were treated equally. Sikhs perspective on health care: In the Sikh religion it is said that an essential aspect of the healthcare is the people who are providing with care. For consoling and comforting the patient and his family, the need to accept the state Disease of the loved ones and to take care of the family beyond the aspects of hospitals and churches (Mohanka, 2005). The important aspect which is included in the Sikh patients includes: A patient who is praying for routine care not to interrupt that person. Respect of privacy and modesty (Singh Singh, 2010). Being sensitive to the 5ks of the Sikh which are (religious, articles or the symbols ) Again their consisted of a wooden comb. After the wooden comb, a steel bracket,, underwear and the kirpaan was worn and a ceremonial sword. After the headdress was removed they cover their heads with alternative coverings as they cannot keep their heads empty (Payne, 2002). The infants were supposed to a wear a steel bracelet. When there is a patient before the treatment is starting all the hairs from the body is to be removed. Getting treatment from the opposite sex is not banned but it is preferred to get treatment from the same sex. Many Sikhs who are immigrants from other places they have language problems so there Is an interpreter who translates the procedure, treatment and side effect to the patient. Cleanliness is very important within the Sikhs. Daily talking f bath and personal hygiene is very important unless any doctor has recommended not taking bath for any medical reasons (Sandhu, 2009). Washing and drying of the hair both for the male and the female and daily which includes the male facial hair as well. There is a prayer room for the Sikh; the room is to be kept silence at the time of prayer. The Sikhs makes use of meditation and prayer to remove anxiety, depression and many other forms of mental illness. The Sikhs whore suffering from the mental illness are advised to participate in the gatherings which are taken place in the gurudwara and also encouraged for taking part in the spiritual activities. They do not believe that mental illness and cognitive dysfunction is caused due to the possession of spirit or as the punishment for breaching any religious principle (Shabana, 2013). However the Sikhs are not to attach a stigma to the cognitive dysfunction or to mental illness. Some of them believes that mental illness the cause of mental illness is the evil eye known as the (jado tuna) or capture by the spirits and the demons. Sikhs accepts death as part of life and for the will of god but the act of euthanasia and suicide is forbidden. Conclusion Every human being has three spheres of the being that is mind spirit and the body. When talking of spiritual healing then spirit plays a major role here. This can be said as the internal verses the external locus of control. The external locus of control a human looks outside for healing and in case of internal control a human looks within themselves for the healment.The power of medication and god is spiritual in nature and different beliefs of people in different culture. There can be faith healing, anointing with oil, healing liturgies, music, lying of hands and meditation. Of these multiple diverse and complex presentation the concept of spiritual healing is pervading into many different disciplines like theology, arts, biology and psychology. From the above analysis it is seen that the Christians and the Sikhs have different perspective towards spiritual healing. The Christians perspective is that the theological virtue defined as the secure belief in the almighty that is Jesus and the trusting acceptance of the will of god. It as aid that health is not taken as physical totally but it is a more holistic term which encompasses a complete wellbeing. The most important quality is to maintain a good elation with god. And for this healing was expected by means of petition, prayer and supplication to god. Over 20% of the total contents in the gospel are said about healing with around 41 distinct cases and 72 duplication. Whereas the Sikhs believes that god works through medical science also. The benefit of medical treatment is increased and the healing process is accelerated through chanting the name of god, meditation and reciting the shabds from the siri guru granth sahib. They believe in the process of meditation as it trig gers the whole body to naturally fight all he diseases by boosting the immunity. 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