Palliative Care Beliefs On Death
Despite religious or spiritual beliefs everyone wants to have a peaceful experience when they die. The purpose of palliative care is to ease suffering and promote wellbeing through holistic care which addresses spiritual, emotional, and physical needs. Although there is a variation of beliefs upon death it is important that a palliative care practitioner is understanding and knowledgeable on others beliefs to assist them in whatever way they can. Every one reacts to death differently. Many people have different beliefs or practices regarding death. Buddhism in particular is one that I found interesting, many of the ideas aligned with some of my thoughts on death. From the article spiritual perspectives, the author states “the notion of suffering
is the heart of the four noble truths, and Buddha’s teaching encourage contemplation of suffering and death” (Bauer-Wu Et Al.). when contemplating death, The ultimate goal is to have freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth. The dying persons’ condition is very important; upon death it is believed if they experience angst before death their rebirth will be unpleasant. The Buddhist don’t completely disagree with medicine, however they do strongly discourage medication that may alter the mind, as it may have a negative effect on their afterlife. Like many other religions death usually takes place at the home where they are surrounded by loved ones and monks. Like the Buddhist I also believe in an after life, being catholic, during a time of death I think reconciliation is very important, I personally would want to confess any sins I may have, by doing this I would have a sense of comfort, I believe it is important to leave on good terms and resolve any issue I may have with someone. Lastly I think it is important to have a peaceful death, one where there’s no suffering with love and support from family and friends. There are a variety of similarities and difference on death depending on religion or spiritual beliefs however one thing that is universal is a peaceful death.
is the heart of the four noble truths, and Buddha’s teaching encourage contemplation of suffering and death” (Bauer-Wu Et Al.). when contemplating death, The ultimate goal is to have freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth. The dying persons’ condition is very important; upon death it is believed if they experience angst before death their rebirth will be unpleasant. The Buddhist don’t completely disagree with medicine, however they do strongly discourage medication that may alter the mind, as it may have a negative effect on their afterlife. Like many other religions death usually takes place at the home where they are surrounded by loved ones and monks. Like the Buddhist I also believe in an after life, being catholic, during a time of death I think reconciliation is very important, I personally would want to confess any sins I may have, by doing this I would have a sense of comfort, I believe it is important to leave on good terms and resolve any issue I may have with someone. Lastly I think it is important to have a peaceful death, one where there’s no suffering with love and support from family and friends. There are a variety of similarities and difference on death depending on religion or spiritual beliefs however one thing that is universal is a peaceful death.