President & CSO at SMSbiotech Regenerative Medicine All comments or posts represent my private opinions not necessarily that of SMSbiotech
Beyond the data, many medical ethicists recognize that the principles of beneficence and respect for patients as whole persons require physicians to do more than attend to the details of physiological and anatomical derangements. Spirituality and religion are essential to many patients’ identities as persons. Patients (and their families) experience illness, healing, and death as whole persons. Ignoring the spiritual aspects of their lives and identities is not respectful, and it divorces medical practice from a fundamental mode of patient experience and coping. Promoting the good of patients requires attention to their notion of the highest good. Respecting patients as persons demands attention to their spiritual needs. https://lnkd.in/guVNaEGJ