Religious Diversity In Health Care

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Health care providers are one of the most important people in the society. They care for the patients and focus mostly on the general wellbeing of the patient. Healthcare providers should address religious diversity needs by applying knowledge about particular beliefs and religious observance when caring for the patient. Health care providers should make a selfless effort in the presence of faith diverse to accommodate different beliefs that will hasten healing, based on the spiritual view, crucial components of healing, such as prayer, rituals, and meditation.

Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Religions and spirituality have many characteristic. The only different is that religion provides set of beliefs, rituals and worship styles among a faith community to show a particular spirituality (Hollins, 2005). The healthcare professionals should recognize the spiritual uniqueness of an …show more content…

They practice yoga, adherence to Vedic scriptures, and personal devotion to guru (World Religion).
Important to these believers
This community like to provide support to patients. Therefore, many people will be visiting as a cultural norm. Most Hindus prefer to die at home but if it is not possible, certain rituals are performed at the hospital (Kemp & Bhungalia, 2002). The patient may be helped to face east and lighting a lamp near the patient’s head. When a Hinduism dies, the only people that will touch the body is the family members, the healthcare provider will touch the body only if it’s necessary (Kemp & Bhungalia, 2002).
Sikhism
Sikhs believe in only one, universal, timeless and a formless God and they can only know him by meditation. They earn living by being honest, sharing good things with the needy, living a selfless life. Karma is seen as the sum of good and bad works. They also believe in rebirth (Campbell, 2006).
Spiritual perspective on

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