PHI413 Ethical and Spiritual Decision Making in Health Care
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1
How can the perspective of Christian spirituality influence the way in which you demonstrate compassionate care?
DQ2
From the perspective of Christian spirituality and ethics, what is your understanding of compassionate caring that informs your approach to health and healing?
PHI413 Ethical and Spiritual Decision Making in Health Care
Week 2 Discussion
Assessment Description
DQ1
How can the Christian concept of the imago Dei inform a holistic perspective of the patient within their family and community?
DQ2
How does your worldview of human value affect your beliefs about bioethical issues, such as abortion, designer babies, and stem cell research?
PHI413 Ethical and Spiritual Decision Making in Health Care
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1
The four principles of biomedical ethics, especially in the context of bioethics in the United States, have often been critiqued for raising the principle of autonomy to the highest place, such that it trumps all other principles or values. Based on your worldview, how do you rank the importance of each of the four principles in order to protect the health and safety of diverse populations?
DQ2
According to the four parts of the Christian biblical narrative (i.e., creation, fall, redemption, and restoration) that informs us about the nature of God, where would you find comfort and hope in the midst of sickness and disease?
PHI413 Ethical and Spiritual Decision Making in Health Care
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1
Based on your clinical experiences with those who are dying, how have these experiences shaped your view of death and impacted your ability to demonstrate the qualities of empathy?
DQ2
Because everyone’s life is deemed valuable to God, the choice of suicide or euthanasia contradicts this and is therefore considered sin. Do you agree? Why or why not?
PHI413 Ethical and Spiritual Decision Making in Health Care
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1
How does your own definition of spiritual care compare with the Christian definition of spiritual care?
DQ2
In terms of intervention and spiritual care, how do you support a patient facing an ethical dilemma, with consideration for their worldview? If you were that patient, what care would you want provided?