Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity

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Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Grand Canyon University HLT-310V Abstract This paper compares the philosophy of providing care and healing by four religions; Islam, Native American, Christianity, and Sanatana Dharma the religion of Hindus (Jnaneshvara). These religion’s philosophies explain and define spiritual healing and the critical components towards healing. The sources provided explain how healing in these religions involves healing the body through diet, medicine, and detoxification and providing spiritual healing through Deity, spiritual outlet through meditation, and family. Each religion has similarities in providing care from medicinal healers to family. Followers of each religion require special aspects to be considered when taken care of by health care providers. When these needs are met it results in compliance towards the health care providers recommendations. This paper explains that these particular religion’s beliefs and practices can be applied to improving the practice of health care. Religions and cultures share similarities and differences on philosophies of healing. The faiths chosen for this analysis are Islam, Sanatana Dharma (Hindu), the Native Americans, and Christianity. Each faith has their own needs from the health care provider during the course of healing, but share similarities in requiring the same areas of one’s self that need to be addressed. Spiritual Healing requires spiritual awareness by the individual in conjunction with the belief system in place that aids towards complete health. Islam’s spiritual perspective involves prayer and worship to Allah, following the teachings in the Qur’an scriptures, and guidance by the Imam. Sanatana Dharma and the Native American beliefs involve finding a balance in life and karma. The Native Americans also believe that for spiritual healing to occur the healing spirit must

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