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Week 8 Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
Week 8 Mind Map
Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Health Care
Compassionate care - serving the whole person; physical, emotional, social, spiritual
This reminds me of when I have volunteered with hospice and their focus on holistic care.
Challenges providers to help find meaning and acceptance in suffering
Research supports this saying spiritual practice increases length of life
I researched Jehovah's Witnesses - what coping mechanisms do they use in times of healthcare related stress?
Religious traditions are very complex and long and differ for each person. it takes providers listening and being there to value their requests
Chapter 5: The Moral Dimension
Stigma is social rejection of types of people viewed as blameworthy to the point of affecting individuals within healthcare
Culturally coded illnesses and behaviors also affect patient and provider interactions
Women hold a culturally based role in traditional Chinese medicine prohibiting asking a male doctor questions
This makes me wonder what stigma there is related in the modern world with HIV and AIDS if stigmas like these started in previous histories.
Military metaphors - stigmatizing of certain illnesses and those that are ill
Illness narratives: social and culturally contexts affecting how patients talk about illness and its effect on them
Chapter 6: Culture, Healers, and Institutions of Health
Healing is practiced in an organized form with healing ceremonies and rituals
First healing practice: Minokua ceremony - priest about cause of illness
Second - Obosombrafoo witch catching ceremony
Curanderos: spiritual healer and herbal healer
Since COVID-19 there is a new sector of healing - virtual healers
This makes me wonder how has this affected individuals mental and physical health?
I have had to use telehealth various times and I have found it to cause providers to go to quick and not take as much time with me
Biomedical healers vs traditional: biomedical is very clear cut unlike traditional