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OPP Lect 31
OPP Lect 31 Spirituality of OM
Question | Answer |
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Spirit | "The breath of life": The animating or vital principle giving life to physical organisms. **Think Mind, Body, Spirit. |
List the elements of Spirituality | 1.Meaning and purpose to life. 2.Connection with others. 3.Spiritual Energy. 4.Transcendence |
What effects can illness have on the meaning and purpose of life? | 1.Can cause spiritual crisis. 2.Challenges our sense of self & the world. 3.Hightens our awarnes of personal limits. 4.If life threatening, may challenge our perspective on life & its meaning. 5.Prompt a spiritual journey. 6.Oppotunity to redifine. |
Elements of Spirituality: Transcendence | A profound/transforming experience. **Rising above a limiting, causing the person to feel part of a greater whole. |
Elements of Spirituality: Connection with others | Relationships are fundamental to our experience & contribute to personal resilience. **Illness affects this b/c it can seperate the patient (alienation, hopelessness, suffering). |
Which element of spirituality is particullary important to Doctors | Connection with others (Doctor-patient relationship). |
Elements of Spirituality: Spiritual Energy as it relates to health, disease, and healing | Bioenergetic field surrounding the mental & physical bodies: 1.HEALTH: uninterrupted flow of energies. 2.DIS-EASE: blockage of flow of energy at some level. 3.HEALING: restoration of harmony in energy field. |
How did A.T. Still view spirituality? | As a harmonious, resonant, inseperable part of body unity: Mind, matter, motion (triune) |
According to A.T. Still, the physical body is our __________? | Second Placenta. |
Biogen | Unity of the terrestrial life (motion & power) and the celestial bodies (knowledge/wisdom) |
Could supporting a patient's spirituality enhance their coping and recovery from illness? | YES |
Do you need a healin? | HELLLZZ YEA **Please watch 1:40-1:50 truly understand OMT cranial spiritual healin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpwmPfOTvg |
Should doctors prescribe religious activities? | NO |
What would be some spiritual issues a patient may express to their doctor | 1.Unfairness. 2.Unworthiness. 3.Hopelessness. 4.Guilt. 5.Isolation, anger. 6.Vulnerability. 7.Abandonment. 8.Confusion. |
Key ways to nurture your relationship with your patients | 1.Be trustworthy. 2.Treat the patient as a person. 3.Be kind. 4.Maintain hope. 5.Listen non-judgmentally. |
Is it necessary for the physician to share the patients religious/spiritual beliefs? | NO!! **It IS important to understand and respect the patient's belief system. |
P.C.Lobe.Letter | What the fuck does that mean? |
How should we meet our own spiritual needs? | 1.Read inspirational literature (YAY). 2.Mediation. 3.Imagery. 4.Prayer. 5.Mindful exercise (yoga, ti chi). |