Healthcare and Diversity of Faiths
The objective of this study is to research three diverse faiths and to compare the philosophy of providing health care from the perspective of these three faiths with that of the Christian perspective and the writer's own personal perspective. For the purpose of the study the three faiths chosen are the Native American faith, Buddhism, and Shintoism.
Native American Faith
The Native American faith view on medicine is that healing is more person than disease-centered. It is reported that traditional healers have the objective of "making whole restoring well-being and harmonious relationships with the community and the spirit of nature, which is sometimes called God or the Great Mystery. Native American healing is based on the belief that everyone and everything on earth is interconnected, and every person, animal, and plant has a spirit or essence. Even an object, such as a river or rock, and even the earth itself, may be considered to have this kind of spirit" (American Cancer Society, 2014, p. 1) The belief of Native Americans is traditionally such that "illness stems from spiritual problems. They also say that diseases are more likely to invade the body of a person who is imbalanced,...
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