Health Care Provider And Faith Diversity

Cultural diversity in the health care setting is increasing each year. Knowing how to care for patients of different religious and spiritual faiths is essential to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. The author of this paper will research three lesser-known religions; Taoism, Sikhism and Shamanism. Through this paper, she will provide a brief background on each of the three religions and present information regarding spiritual perspectives on healing, critical components of healing and health care considerations associated with each religion.

Native American culture is, in my opinion, the most discrete culture I’ve ever known about. They are the gods of folk tales. Their folk tales date back to the B.C. era. This is unlike the Hispanic culture, where you don’t hear about many. This culture also is very conservative about food. They only hunt buffalo and only kill what they need. The Native American culture is also religiously heavy into spirits. One well-known spirit is called ‘Great Spirit’. This is unlike Hispanic

The Indigenous people believed the all living things were a part of nature and living things had a spirit. For many indigenous people, everything in the cosmos (whole universe) is intimately related and that there is kinship with all creations. According to Oren Lyons, an elder of the Onondaga Nation Wolf Clan, the indigenous people view their kinship with all creation consider themselves the caretakers of the earth, they saw "Everything as Alive": from rocks to water, to mountains, plants, and animals…and all things rely on each other. “That’s what we Indians believe”.

The North American community in today’s worlds has embraced Christianity, Muslim and other popular religious beliefs. Finding the ancient religious practices in action is rare, but not impossible. The communities had their own believes concerning gods and philosophies of good and evil before they were colonized. The communities have lost most of their beliefs and practices as they took place in the earlier community to popular religions which were introduced during and after the colonialism periods (Bonvillain and Porter 23-43).

In the United States of America people belong to different society, religions and nations live respectively. This is the primary motivation behind why this nation is more novel than different nations. One of the principle challenges that health care team confront consistently is to recognize and comprehend diverse religions. Christianity and Sikhism are the religions discussed by the writer in this paper are not extremely distinguished from each other. Every religion has its own principles and regulations and rules so one must think what will fit in with that religion. As a health care provider we are not obliged to know each and every point of interest of all religions. However, in the meantime we shouldn't disregard the basic concept of all

쀀쀀e in become more evolved as a nation one of the problem that needs to be address is how to response to diverse faith within our healthcare practices. This essay serves to compare these three different religious philosophies: Yoruba, Hinduism (karma) and Buddhism, to a Christian’s perspective. These religions have wide perspectives but one will key in on health management and what to expect from healthcare point of view while caring for these patients. Yoruba religion is based on nature worshipping and is rooted deeply on respect for the environment. Their divinities is called Òrìsà, when it work is complete they become thunderstorm with lightning. Then the formation of the river adjoining into the ocean all of these actions are classified as divinities (Abimbola 2010). All living things are considered sacred and need to be reverenced. Religion cannot be free from the influence of the culture of the people where it is established, Gaiya substantiating this view wrote that culture and religion are two sides of the same coin and that a change in one affects the other (Awoniyi 2011).One will hear words such as Ori which is the soul or the unconscious mind, Èmí-the divine breathe enclosed in our heart and Òlódùmare, our High God.. (Awoniyi 2011).

For health care providers to deliver the best holistic care that patients deserve, a thorough spiritual assessment must be included during their care. With more research showing a relationship between supporting a patient’s spirituality with their health and ability to cope with illness, it is now a requirement of organizations to include a spiritual assessment to maintain accreditation with The Joint Commission. The minimum required of a spiritual assessment by The Joint Commission is to determine the patient’s religion and

In Native American culture, the most common way to share traditions about their culture was through storytelling from one generation from another. This is how they kept their culture alive long before the inventions of the written communications or computers to keep records. One of many storytelling was the use of various myths and tales where they tell origin stories about the why the way certain are and how it becomes. Myths and tales like the coyote who free the moon or how people come into the earth. By looking into some of these myths and tales that are in the American Religious Diversity volume one book, it will explore the Native Americans understanding about the sacred world and their relationship to that sacred world. Also looking at the noticeable differences between how these myths differ from different tribes like the Plains Indians to Woodland Indians to Pueblo Indians and to the Costal California Indians. Exploring the different stories will hopefully reveal a lot about the Native American culture and their standing traditions.

In healthcare various cultures are encountered several times through out a day. It is imperative that medical staff be culturally competent and understanding that these different cultures come with their own set of beliefs that differ from their own. “The United States is often referred to as the Great Melting Pot, a metaphor that connotes the blending of many cultures, languages and religions to form a single national identity” (U.S. Department of State, 2010). In this paper, three non-mainstream religions, Vodun, Rastafari and Taosim, are going to be discussed and compared to Christinaity in regards to their spiritual perspectives of healing, their critical components to healing and what health care providers should know when caring

Different religious groups have different believe system in the provision of the healthcare. The health personnel such as doctors and nurses should be aware of the religious beliefs of their patients for effectively delivering medical care. In provision of medical care, religious faith and beliefs of the patient is incorporated with the scientific medical care in offering a holistic medical to the patients. The medical personnel should take into the consideration the religious belief of the patient in the course of offering medical care to the patient. The

In American society today, there is increasing numbers of different religious beliefs, religious practices, and religious sects that are different from traditional religion (Blutman, 2009). Religious diversity within American multicultural society may put health care professionals’ religious awareness, sensitivity and tolerance to a serious test when providing care.

The effectiveness of providing health care to patients may seem like walking on egg shells for the inexperienced. Caring for patients requires the healthcare provider to be mindful and observant when caring for patients. Religious and spiritual beliefs may complicate things for doctors and nurses, but may also serve as a learning experience that will promote futures-awareness. We must also be mindful that patients of different cultural never intend to make things difficult for the health-care professionals. It's a likelihood that the patient and health-care provider are both baffled by each other's thoughts and practices. Galanti (2015) give a scenario of a twenty-year-old Buddhist monk from Cambodia who went for same-day surgery for a hernia

Health care is as essential as they come and health care providers have to develop a strong core to deal with the overwhelming and diverse environment. It is very imperative that health care providers understand that they will be faced with dilemmas that will possibly arise tensions in their workplace. Learning how to deal with these possible tensions usually comes from the important concept of cultural competency; henceforth, this will introduce not only a healthy environment, but also a respectful environment for the betterment of the organization, the health care providers, and the patients. This paper will provide a comparative analysis between Christianity and Sikhism, two faith philosophies that will put forth insight from a health care

Exploring different religions help broaden awareness of the world around us. Many can be too ignorant to research religions different than their own and become educated on our communities beliefs and culture. Through research I have examined the religions of Buddhism and Christianity. In this paper I will apply the seven basic worldview questions to Buddhism and Christianity, followed by examining the similarities of Buddhism and Christianity, how different faiths can affect healthcare treatment, and finally describe my own perspectives on healing and what I have taken from this research.

This hypothesis would further help us understand old stereotypes and preconceived opinions that everyone hears about this study. My objective is to better understand the role of Tibetan religion/spirituality in health care and the related responsibilities of healthcare practitioners in the delivery of patient care. In addition to this, I will explore the existing and growing literature on the benefits and detriments of religion and spirituality in health. Finally, with the help of this research, I believe that the religious principles on a larger scale should move towards promoting better healthcare and vice-versa as a means of understanding between the health care provider and the