Spiritual Decisions in Health
Spiritual Decisions in Health
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Ethical And Spiritual Decision Making In Health Care
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This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data in this way will help you apply the four principles of principlism.
Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic study materials, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following:
Part 1: Chart
This chart will formalize principlism and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according to the relevant principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
Part 2: Evaluation
This part includes questions, to be answered in a total of 500 words, that describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.
Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.
It is important for patients that their cultural, spiritual, and religious beliefs be recognized and integrated in the development of a plan of care and in decisions that are made concerning end-of-life care. Respect for patient values and beliefs requires competent communication skills in health care professionals.
Modern science shows the health benefits of forgiveness are numerous: better immune function, longer lifespan, lowered blood pressure, improved cardiovascularhealth, and fewer feelings of anger or hurt.
Spirituality in health care is “that part of person that gives meaning and purpose to the person’s life. Belief in a higher power that may inspire hope, seek resolution, and transcend physical and conscious constraints.” 1. Spiritual care in nursing is an important part of overall healthcare.
