Jain Medical Professionals' 'Reflexive Ethical Orientation': Adaptive Nonviolence, Multiple Sources of Knowledge, and Concern for Five-Sensed Beings
It is well-documented that patients’ religious characteristics may affect their health and health care experiences, correlating with better health and psychological well-being. Likewise, health care providers are impacted by religious characteristics that affect their attitudes and behaviors in a cl...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Jahr: 2022, Band: 13, Heft: 11 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
cross-cultural medicine
B Ethical Orientation B Jainism B Nonviolence B multi-sided viewpoint |
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| Zusammenfassung: | It is well-documented that patients’ religious characteristics may affect their health and health care experiences, correlating with better health and psychological well-being. Likewise, health care providers are impacted by religious characteristics that affect their attitudes and behaviors in a clinical setting. However, few of these studies examine non-theist, non-Western, or Indian-based traditions, and none have examined Jainism specifically, in spite of the high representation of Jains in medicine. Drawing upon a quantitative survey conducted in 2017–2018 of Jains in medical and healthcare fields, I argue that Jains physicians and medical professionals demonstrate a “reflexive ethical orientation”, characterized by: (1) adaptive absolutes emphasizing nonviolence, a many-sided viewpoint, and compassion; (2) balancing personally mediated sources of authority that evaluate and integrate Jain insights alongside cultural and legal sources, and clinical experience; and (3) privileging the well-being of five-sensed humans and animals. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel13111123 |