Foregoing Curative Medical Treatment Due to Religious Beliefs

Foregoing curative medicine due to religious beliefs
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In the history of human beings, there have been different approaches by people whenever they get sick. In the recent times curative medicine has been adopted widely in curing different ailments. However, there have been waves of people foregoing curative medicine out of their religious beliefs. This is whereby; some religions stipulate that the adherents should not take curative medicine because the deity which they base their faith in, is able to cure all forms of diseases. This paper analyses this aspect of people foregoing medical intervention in addressing their ailments in the view of its history in different perspectives such as; legal, ethical and moral.
Legal perspective history
The governments of different states in the world over have always tried to streamline the channels of medical provision. As Arua (2014) found out; these struggles are always in a bid to ensure that the citizens receive the necessary medical care whenever they need it. In the long run, this ensures a healthy nation which can participate in nation building, which is the core aim of any given government. The governments put all measures to ensure that the best health care service that they can offer is offered to the citizens. However, some religious beliefs have been against the curative medical intervention.
Such religious beliefs discourage the adherents from seeking medical assistance whenever they are sick. They belief that the deity they worship is capable of healing them from all forms of diseases. Adams, Kaewkungwal, Limphattharacharoen et al (2014) state that; some religious beliefs hold it that the supreme power that they base their faith on would not want them to seek for alternative means of getting cure because, the deity is capable of healing them. Therefore, seeking alternative ways of cure is like not having enough faith that the Supreme Being is capable of healing them. Therefore, whenever they are sick, they should seek for healing from God and from him only.
Arua (2014) discloses that; governments have had legal systems of addressing these kinds of deviation from what the government stipulates of its citizens. These systems emanate from the view that the governments would want the all its citizens to receive curative medicine whenever they are sick so that they get back to their normal health and continue with the duty of building the nation. The governments come to realize that some of their citizens are not taking curative medicine due to their faith orientations.
It is worse when it comes to children. Adams, Kaewkungwal, Limphattharacharoen et al (2014) note that; Some parents, on basis of their religious beliefs, do not take their children to hospital. They believe that the Supreme Being that they worship is capable of healing them. They should therefore not compromise his majesty being seeking alternative means of cure when they are sick. They believe that they should wait upon the deity to heal their children.
When it comes to vaccinations, the parents with such faith orientations will not allow their children to be vaccinated. They believe that the Supreme Being will defend them from any kind ...