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Benchmark Assignment – Spiritual Needs Assessment and Reflection
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What did you do when you knew you had cancer?
I was anxious, but I choose to pray to God and reflect. I knew God has purpose in my life and with that I told myself that He will not give me something I could not carry for He is there with me. And then my spirit calm. I returned to the doctor and asked for advice with regard to treatments I had to undergo.
Did you consent any excision of cells from you?
Yes. The doctors are very kind and professional. They told me that my case was very rare. So, when they asked me if I would let them take some of my cells as sample for their medical research, I allowed them. They honestly told me that while they were treating my illness, they may be also treating future illnesses that humankind might have and anyone may practically benefit to it.
Have you ever gotten to faith healing service?
Chemotherapy was very painful. I feel numb yet I still feel the pain. It was ironic. So, sometimes instead of going to hospital. I went somewhere where I can other people happy. Sometimes I think that if God will get me now, at least I have blessed other people and shared them some of what I have. I was moved by grace to come to faith healing services as I hear the gospel in church and the sermon of a priest. I know nothing will be lost, when I go there, except my illness. My faith was ardent that my illness will be cured, so I religiously hear God’s words and attend to faith healing services.
What was your experience when cancer was cured?
I was very happy. All day I spent my time sharing my blessings to everyone. That was when I realized that God never ceases to hear prayers, he never ceases to love me though I failed him many times, he never ceases to make sure you are not alone in your journey. That was how I feel. I shared my experience to other people, too. I will never get tired of sharing my story and experience to those who have illnesses, faithful believers and to non-believers. I pledged to be a living testimony of God’s healing and everlasting love.
Did you ever feel your faith was shaken?
It was not shaken actually, but I do asked Him why, why me? Why did he choose me? But as I tell you before, God’s time is perfect and his plans, too.
Analysis
Having diagnosis of cancer and acceptance to patient is never easy. In the case of the patient I interviewed was an extraordinary one. For research is generally in different approach and understanding of her experience to fighting cancer made me realized that she was healed by her faith. When some cells were taken away from her body to be tested, such informed consent involves well distinct rules governing collection, retention, and use of the tissue (Cheung, Martin, & Asa 2013). Hence, the power to permit research and the continued scientific advances to her body should have cooperation and collaboration with her family, particularly when it involved future benefits sharing and/or commercial interests.
The tissue ownership is like owning our own body – it belongs to us. That means the power belongs to the owner of the body. Privilege is not absolute; it is just given by the governing authority holding the power to execute permission. Simply put, privilege is rendered by the owner of the body. For example, in an operation involving life and death, when a person waives his right that upon last breath, any part of his body that can be donated is allowed. The authority to take the organ of the patient is merely privilege. However, in case a patient died, the physicians and other practitioners should not assume that the patient will consent when certain part of his body will be donated or excise for medicinal benefits. The consent lies with the family of the patient whether or not they would allow the excision of any parts of the body of their patients for social utility or for continued research of medicinal advances.
The search of knowledge walks in the path of God, in which motivates the medicine and healing in the world. Both man and woman seek knowledge and much concentration was particularly given to medicine and caring for the public health. Underlying medicine was a structure of practical philosophy that aims to identify the life-sustaining medical treatment and improving health conditions. As medical and philosophical works of scholars and scientists in the early era has well established. Consequently, hospital and medical school was built with treatment that entirely based on scientific analysis. Nagamia (2003) noted that medical schools and hospitals were built to respond and upkeep with ethical teachings by causing body the opportunity to be preserved and removed the pain. The era of medicine produced the greatest medical minds who become prominent scientists and physicians. Physicians and scientists were become responsible not only with getting the existing information on medicine of the time simultaneously but also the knowledge and experience by integrating it together in medical expression.
In this regard, scientists and physicians have significantly contributed to put in their individual observations and experimentation and adapt into a booming and practical science, thus aiding in not merely in curing the sickness of the publics. More so, their inventions and teachings have great effects of domineering influence expanding not only in the immeasurable extend of the lands. However, their privilege to practice medicine should maintain the value of dignity, autonomy, equality, and privacy. The spiritual and religious assessment of curing pains and treating diseases with the medicine promote of natural health treatment and upkeep the preservation of life and restoration of health of body.
References
Cheung, C.C., Martin, B.R., & Asa, S.L. (2013). Defining diagnostic tissue in the era of personalized medicine. CMAJ 185 (2), 135-139.
Nagamia, H.F. (2003). Islamic Medicine History and Current Practice, Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (JISHIM), 2 (4), 19-30.
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