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Religious Ethics

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Various forms of religiosity are often tied together with health care, as some practitioners feel an obligation of the divine sort to try and care for others. In ancient Greece, a lack of institutionalized health care made it difficult for society to care for "beggars or mendicants", known as ptwchos. Following the genesis of Judaism and later, Christianity, religious texts supported "special dispensations for economic and political care" for those who were perceived as helpless in largely patriarchal societies. The role of the patriarch at the center of both society at large and the family unit meant that orphans and widows were necessarily among the helpless, and this sentiment was echoed by the Old Testament's conception of the poor, which also included individuals who were lame, blind, and/or prisoners. The mythologizing of Asklepios in Greek and Roman tradition is reflective of the historical transformation of places of worship into sites of health care delivery.

A concept that is fundamental to health care development, grounded in the sacred texts of both the Western and Eastern worlds, is the sanctity of life. From this notion, we are commanded to treat life of all sorts with considerable dignity before we may interfere with it, "giving at least some attention to its nature and purpose." In Western health care, dignity regarding human life can be traced back to imago dei, meaning "image of God", which asserts that human beings are created by God in a manner of resemblance to his own existence. This is to say that health care practitioners shouldn't merely perceive patients/clients to be fellow humans undergoing suffering, but also as unique likenesses of God.

Following the Industrial Revolution, and the advent of the 20th Century, the face of modern medicine has evolved. However, the tensions between health care and religious practices have also grown in recent decades, and has led to some inequalities between the "rights" of the recipients and providers of health care. Legislative action has taken place in order to help solidify the rights of health care providers with respect to their religious beliefs. An example of this would be a conscience clause, which attempts to makes concessions to one's conscience when impacted by a law. In other words, there are laws in place that are intended to protect health care providers who refrain, for moral and/or religious reasons, from engaging in some forms of health care.

List of Peer Suggestions

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Responses to Peer Suggestions

 * 1) Lowered rates of religiosity, especially in the academic/scientific sense, makes it difficult to find sources on such a specific topic. I'm comfortable including the most dated source, as it has a lot of relevant content, and considerably older material (when it comes to religion) shouldn't be disqualified from contemporary use in the same way that dated medical research should be.
 * 2) I will appropriately enlarge the image if there is adequate space in the article to do so.
 * 3) I'll try to add more content in the coming days, before the conclusion of the course. I hope that my past and future edits have a permanent place in the Wikipedia article.

Article 1
APA

Sansom, D. (2019). Healthcare, Religious Obligations, and Caring for the Poor. Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics, 35(2), 117–126.

MLA

Sansom, Dennis. “Healthcare, Religious Obligations, and Caring for the Poor.” Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics, vol. 35, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 117–126. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=PHL2387971&site=ehost-live.

Article 2
APA

SEVENSKY, R. (1983). The Religious Foundations of Health Care: A Conceptual Approach. Journal of Medical Ethics: The Journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics, 9, 165–168.

MLA

SEVENSKY, ROBERT. “The Religious Foundations of Health Care: A Conceptual Approach.” Journal of Medical Ethics: The Journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics, vol. 9, Sept. 1983, pp. 165–168. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=PHL1121645&site=ehost-live.

Article 3
APA

O’Riley, C. A. (2017). Protecting the Free Exercise of Religion in Health Care Delivery. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 17(3), 425–434.

MLA

O’Riley, Christine A. “Protecting the Free Exercise of Religion in Health Care Delivery.” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. 425–434. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=PHL2373523&site=ehost-live.