Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity

Faith diversity in health care
Name:
Institution:
Introduction
Health care professionals usually work in environments filled with patients from different and distinct cultures and different races who have unique beliefs and religious practices. For decades, researchers have found a connection between the general view of healthcare in patients and their spirituality.
Religious customs are usually complex and sometimes it is almost impossible to predict how different people understand and apply the principles where healthcare is in context. Therefore, healthcare providers should encourage patients to explain how cultural or religious beliefs impact issues of medical care and personal needs, socialization with other people and the decisions they make regarding the same. It is therefore imperative for health care professionals to understand other people’s positions regarding health care beliefs. This paper addresses limitations surrounding healthcare provision in respect to three religions; Orthodox Judaism, Buddhism, and Scientology, in comparison to Christian and personal beliefs.
Buddhism
Of the world’s population, Buddhist population is roughly 20 percent. Buddhism is different from other religions in that Buddhists, do not believe in an all-knowing deity. Rather they believe in the teachings the Buddha called Dhama. They also do not have a written scripture that outlines what they should follow. The major goal Buddhism is the growth of mind to its full potential, which involves wisdom and perfection. Developing an empathetic psyche and functioning in illness and death as the ultimate way of removing suffering is a goal towards spiritual well being. Human birth in Buddhism is seen as a start of a very important chance. The birth of human being is seen as a unique and an opportunity that is rare for full growth of mind.
In Buddhism, conception is when consciousness gets in a fertilized egg. This is the beginning of life an...