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Discussion Question 1
Question: From the perspective of Christian spirituality and ethics, what is your understanding of compassionate caring that informs your approach to health and healing?
Answer: The theory of virtue ethics resonated with me most in the textbook
Practicing Dignity: An Introduction to Christian Values and Decision Making in Health Care
. Virtue ethics is a normative ethical view that states what is right or wrong is a function of a virtuous character. A virtuous character is where the whole person is aiming at those good or bad qualities one should have (Bogue & Hogan, 2022). Virtuousness is learned from birth within the environment in which we are raised, but it can also be adapted throughout our lives. Before we can practice compassion, whether Christians or not, we must be able to differentiate between what is right and wrong.
Compassion seems to reside between objective and affective understanding oriented to an other
(empathy) and subjective responses oriented to the self, rooted in pity toward an other (sympathy). It requires emotion and action on the part of respondents, finds its basis in love, vulnerability, and reciprocity, and is actualized in the disadvantaging of oneself for the benefit of another (Sinclair et al., 2016). Compassion is a professional expectation of the nurse. One element of compassion is respecting a person's autonomy and core values and beliefs, such as a
Jehovah’s Witness who refuses blood products as a life-saving measure. Another element is that of equal worth. Christians believe in equal worth and that all men are created equal in the eyes of God. Genesis 1:26-28 states we are all equally made in
God's
image. Providing compassionate care despite a patient's sins or criminal history demonstrates this equal worth.
Living a virtuous life where we demonstrate compassion to all around us is at the heart of Christian spirituality and values.
Bogue, D. W., & Hogan, M. (2022). Foundational Issues in Christian Spirituality and Ethics. In
Practicing Dignity: An Introduction to Christian Values and Decision Making in Health Care
(2nd ed., Chapter 1). Grand Canyon University.
Sinclair, S., Norris, J.M., McConnell, S.J.
et al.
Compassion: a scoping review of the healthcare literature.
BMC Palliat Care
15
, 6 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0080-0
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