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Feb 15, 2019 · In the spirit of “On Being a Catholic Physician,” we medical students of the Society of Saints Cosmas and Damian (SSCD) at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine want to share our beliefs on an important question: exactly why is faith important for us in our discernment and formation?
- Kelly M. Schuering, Kathleen Anthony, Logan LeBlanc, Brittany Gatta
- 2019
Jun 28, 2024 · Promoting faith equality in medicine. Faith is an important aspect of many doctor and medical students’ identity. Understanding the needs of different faith groups can help foster environments where everyone feels welcome and included, and able to be themselves.
Religion and spirituality in medicine can help clinicians empathize with their patients, collaborate with hospital chaplains, and advance faith-based initiatives, hospital policy, and legislation.
- Danish Zaidi
- 2018
Jan 13, 2020 · Religion may be profoundly important to some patients but is not a trump card. In December 2019 I attended a symposium in the Vatican on religion and medical ethics, hosted by the World Innovation Summit for Health and the Pontifical Academy for Life.
- Daniel Sokol
- 2020
- Religion and Medicine
- Religion and Medical Ethics
- Foundations of Medical Ethics: Secular and Sacred Principles
- The Professional’S Right of Conscience
- The Patient’S Personal Values
- Conclusion
The histories of medicine and religion have been interwoven for centuries. Many faith-based communities, organizations, and agencies established hospitals and hospices as part of their ministry. In the modern era, however, the two became increasingly separated as medicine became more scientific, developing what became known as the biomedical model ...
As medical technology began to expand rapidly in the 1960s and ’70s, offering means of extending the lives of mortally ill people, some began to ask “should we…?” questions in addition to “can we…?” questions. These are value-based questions, not clinical or even scientific questions. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean that we shoulddo i...
Although there are several conceptualizations of medical ethics , probably the most commonly articulated in North America is principlism. While insufficient of and by itself to thoroughly resolve all dilemmas in medical ethics, principlism is often the beginning point for such discussions. The secular principles of medical ethics are well known and...
Sensitivity to the role of personal and religious values in understanding and resolving dilemmas in clinical ethics focuses primarily on the beliefs of patients and families. However, the professionals involved in these dilemmas are also persons and, as such, have their own personal and religious values. Involvement in counseling about, or especial...
The values used by individuals in making difficult medical decisions can be very personal. Some personal values are based primarily on one’s religious beliefs. Some are based more broadly on a person’s worldview or philosophy of life. Health care professionals should be careful not to assume a patient holds specific values based only on the designa...
There is an increasing recognition in modern Western medicine of the importance of patient spirituality in treatment and healing. Nowhere is this more important than in addressing and resolving dilemmas in bedside medical ethics. It is thus important for clinicians to know how to take, and to be comfortable with taking, a patient’s spiritual histor...
- Robert D. Orr
- 2015
Jul 12, 2022 · For many patients, spirituality is important and influences key outcomes in illness, such as quality of life and medical care decisions. Consensus implications included incorporating considerations of spirituality as part of patient-centered health care and increasing awareness among clinicians and health professionals about the protective ...
Mar 15, 2022 · Many physicians, however, see no clash; their spiritual beliefs interlace with their practice of medicine. These doctors say that connecting medical care with their sense of spirituality improves their care — for patients and for themselves.
