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The value of providing whole-person care should lead health care professionals to offer care not only for physical needs but also for the needs of the human spirit in search of meaning. Guided by ethical reflection, health care professionals may better serve patients who desire spiritually nurturing health care.

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Response to Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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Response to Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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I'm sure that this can be a difficult thing to do as a physician. I'm sure sometimes you will want to shield your patient from the worst parts of his or her diagnosis. However, it is not ethical to do so.

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The Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care pg. 13 

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The Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care pg. 13 

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Respect for persons and respect for their dignity
applies whether or not health care decisions are being made, and even to those who
are not capable of making their own decisions. Respect for people’s dignity
includes respect for their emotions, relationships, reasonable goals, privacy, and
bodily integrity.

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There is no place in a relationship of trust or in respectful care for
inauthentic spirituality...But we
also recognise that the tactic of compromise has its limits. Feigning
spirituality would be a regrettable failure of integrity and a breach
of patients’ trust.

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care p. 13

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care p. 13

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" Patients, their families and surrogate decision makers, as well as health care providers, all have the right to dignity"

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In recent years, the importance of spirituality in health care has gained broad currency. Researchers interested in the health-related effects of spirituality have generated a burgeoning literature, with numerous reports of empirical evidence for the positive benefits of practices such as prayer and meditation. The current enthusi- asm for attending to patients’ spirituality heightens the need for ethical reflection. The vulnerability of patients and their wide variety of religious and spiritual backgrounds raise important practical questions. For example, if spiritual care is believed to be genuinely beneficial, should health care professionals go beyond offering such care and urge patients to engage in such practices as meditation or prayer?
pg. S63

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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"When conflicts seem intractable and involve legal concerns – for example, if practitioners are reluctant to provide clearly ineffective interventions demanded by surrogate decision makers – it may be necessary to include hospital administrators, risk management personnel, and hospital legal counsel in these discussions. "

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care p.65

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care p.65

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The value of providing whole-person care should lead health care
professionals to offer care not only for physical needs but also for
the needs of the human spirit in search of meaning.

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care pg 14

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care pg 14

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Respect for persons and respect for their dignity applies whether or not health care decisions are being made, and even to those who are not capable of making their own decisions. Respect for people’s dignity includes respect for their emotions, relationships, reasonable goals, privacy, and bodily integrity. Respecting these personal characteristics requires that they be acknowledged and taken into consideration in all medical encounters and in all aspects of patient care.

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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Mat. 7:12

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7 Ways to Improve Caregiver->Patient Relationship

1.  Learn to ask for help
2. Excercise compassion
3. Be patient
4. Use encouragement
5. Be an active listener
6. Do what the patient loves
7. Practice respect

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Number 5.
"Health care professionals who care for the spiritual
needs of patients should seek to understand their own
spirituality."

I think this is really true because how else are we, as healthcare professionals, going to be able to share God's word and His love and emulate that if we don't even know where we stand in our relationship with Him? A lot of times we are told to share the good word of Jesus and evangelize to others, but do we even know where we ourselves stand with God?

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"Comprehension of one’s own spirituality, including spiritual weak- nesses, opens the way for respectful caring for another’s spiritual needs. Such awareness should include an understanding of the experiences that may have caused spiritual pain or loss in life. As difficult as this exploration may be, it prepares the way for more compassionate and respectful care because it helps caregivers to distinguish between their own spiritual needs and those of their patients."
-EBSC

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The Underlying Principles of EthicalPatient Care

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The Underlying Principles of EthicalPatient Care

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this principle requires good communication skills, including
active listening and the willingness to provide information, even when decisions are
not being made. pg 14
(grace)

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Principles of Ethical Patient Care ( Sinthia)

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Principles of Ethical Patient Care ( Sinthia)

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"Patients, made vulnerable by their illnesses, count on their carers to be trustworthy. Trust is established when the health care professional makes a commitment to seek the patient’s wellbeing and protect the patient from harm. "

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care (Tsion)

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care (Tsion)

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"There is no place in a relationship of trust or in respectful care for inauthentic spirituality."
-Pg 65

This is a quote I really resonate with because I think being genuine is a quality we as health care worker must have.

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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"Capable patients must be provided with the complete truth about their medical conditions, both at the point of diagnosis and as their condition progresses. This is the only way that a patient can make a truly informed decision about accepting or rejecting recommended medical interventions."

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In an age that features technologically sophisticated medical
interventions, patients still desire spiritually nurturing healthcare.
(pg. 1)

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care. J

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care. J

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The principles provide a way to organize our thinking about ethical issues in patient care and a shared language for health care providers to discuss these issues. pg. 1

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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Underlying Principles of Ethical Patient Care

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" The four basic principles of medical ethics:
Principles of 1) Beneficence, 2) Non-Maleficence, 3) Respect for Autonomy, and
4) Justice" pg.1

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care pg. 1

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Ethical Boundaries of Spiritual Care pg. 1

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"The essential ethical characteristic of professional health care is a
relationship of trust with the patient (and the patient’s family, if
present). Patients, made vulnerable by their illnesses, count on
their carers to be trustworthy. Trust is established when the health
care professional makes a commitment to seek the patient’s
wellbeing and protect the patient from harm. Trust is lost when
considerations other than the patient’s wellbeing are allowed to
take priority"