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Daring to Care : is spirituality sustainable in organizations providing healthcare?
conference contribution
posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by D Gates, John Rodwell, P Steane, Andrew NobletAndrew NobletHealthcare workers are challenged to dare to care enough to provide a service that is holistic. This involves being in tune with their own spirituality and the spiritual needs of their patients or clients. Spirituality and compassion are important concepts in the ministry of nurses and other health professionals. Compassion also has links with mercy, although there is debate as to whether mercy is the same as compassion for deserving or undeserving sufferers. However, healthcare workers need to care for sufferers even if their suffering is not deserved, where such compassion is intrinsic and/or out of duty. It involves acting altruistically. Faith-based organizations are best equipped to undertake this holistic ministry but as they are becoming increasingly reliant on government funding to help finance expensive health services they encounter rationalistic pressures from these funding sources may restrict the way they deliver these services. Decision and policymakers are encouraged to embrace altruistic values rather than the egoistic values of economic rationalism, not least because the nature of healthcare has an inherent emphasis on altruistic emotions, especially compassion.
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Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (24th : 2010 : Adelaide, S.Aust.)Pagination
1 - 26Publisher
ANZAMLocation
Adelaide, S.Aust.Place of publication
[Adelaide, S.Aust.]Start date
2010-12-08End date
2010-12-10ISBN-10
1877040819Language
engNotes
Conference program : http://www.anzamconference.org/docs/ANZAM2010_Program_At_A_Glance.pdfPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedTitle of proceedings
ANZAM 2010 : Refereed Papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management ConferenceUsage metrics
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