Healing Hospitals
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The existence of healing hospitals is not a new ideology. “Historically, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014). Hospitals of yesteryear were built on the premise of healing and fulfilled several of the requirements of institutions established for healing. As early as 4000 B. C. many religions identified and associated some of their deities with healing powers. However, the modern concept of hospitals dates from 331 C E, when Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, converted to Christianity and abolished all pagan hospitals, thus creating the opportunity for a new foundation of healing arts hospitals grounded on Christianity. Prior to this event, the sick person was isolated from his/her community. The Christian tradition stressed the close relationship of the sick to the members of the community, who were obligated to provide the care. This lead to the ideology that sickness was a concern and obligation of the Christian Church (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014). Spiritual or compassionate care involves serving the whole person in all the dimension we use to describe the essence of our being, the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual self and how we establish relationship with individuals with whom we come in contact. Such service is inherently spiritual acts. As stated by Woolley et al.(2012), using the six dimensions model of the relationship-based care is highly essential to the quality of patient care. The implementation of this model assist health care agencies to create caring, healing environments for the patients and staff especially those on the frontline. Woolley et al. (2012), states “the Relationship-Based Care Model (RBCM) is patient and family centered, surrounded by a framework of leadership, teamwork, professional nursing practice, patient care delivery, resource-driven practice, and
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The existence of healing hospitals is not a new ideology. “Historically, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014). Hospitals of yesteryear were built on the premise of healing and fulfilled several of the requirements of institutions established for healing. As early as 4000 B. C. many religions identified and associated some of their deities with healing powers. However, the modern concept of hospitals dates from 331 C E, when Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, converted to Christianity and abolished all pagan hospitals, thus creating the opportunity for a new foundation of healing arts hospitals grounded on Christianity. Prior to this event, the sick person was isolated from his/her community. The Christian tradition stressed the close relationship of the sick to the members of the community, who were obligated to provide the care. This lead to the ideology that sickness was a concern and obligation of the Christian Church (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014). Spiritual or compassionate care involves serving the whole person in all the dimension we use to describe the essence of our being, the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual self and how we establish relationship with individuals with whom we come in contact. Such service is inherently spiritual acts. As stated by Woolley et al.(2012), using the six dimensions model of the relationship-based care is highly essential to the quality of patient care. The implementation of this model assist health care agencies to create caring, healing environments for the patients and staff especially those on the frontline. Woolley et al. (2012), states “the Relationship-Based Care Model (RBCM) is patient and family centered, surrounded by a framework of leadership, teamwork, professional nursing practice, patient care delivery, resource-driven practice, and
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