The Gift of the Apostolic Pardon

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Marie Hilliard ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Eucharistic Communion ◽  
The Church

Meeting the right of the faithful to receive the sacraments can be difficult, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Church needs opportunities to minister to the faithful, especial when there is a danger of death. Remission of sins is of vital importance in these cases. To gain a plenary indulgence, three specific conditions must be met: sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer according to the Holy Father’s intentions. A special kind of plenary indulgence, the apostolic pardon, is administered to someone who is in danger of death. It is advantageous because it can be done without making physical contact with the sick or impaired, but also because in times of great need, an apostolic pardon can be prayed for in absence of a priest. Family members and health care professionals can help a patient pray for the apostolic pardon even if he or she is not fully conscious.

scholarly journals Spirituality and the Health-Care Professional

2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-454
Author(s):  
Cyrus P. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Catholic Health Care ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church

The Church and the clinic, theology and medicine, mutually support one another when the good of the other is justly pursued within an organic context of interdependency. In the midst of rapid change in health care, Catholic health-care workers have much to offer the industry as they bring their spirituality of interdependency into their work environments. Due attention to spiritual nourishment received in the Church via the Eucharist is thus encouraged if Catholic health care is to have the leavening impact it is intended to have in culture. After revisiting Pope John Paul II's social encyclical Laborem exercens (On Human Work, 1981), a spirituality of work is offered for Catholic health-care professionals with particular focus on the Eucharist. Accordingly, this essay presents a theology of the Eucharist that shows how Catholics are bound closely together so that the poverty attending loneliness can be lessened and our mutual efforts at enhancing health may be strengthened. The Church and the clinic, theology and medicine, mutually support one another when the good of the other is justly pursued within an organic context of interdependency bolstered by the Eucharist. Our vocation is unity. Our affliction is to be in a state of duality, and affliction due to an original contamination of pride and of injustice…. Love is thus the right physician for our original illness…. We have lost this unity, we whose religion should be the most incarnate of any. We must recover it. —Simone Weil

Regional shortages in a small country: how to provide the right care in the right place?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Hansen ◽  
R Batenburg ◽  
E Vis ◽  
L Van der Velden
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Regional Collaboration ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
More Care ◽  
The Right

Abstract Background The Netherlands, though being a relatively small and densely populated country, is faced with a similar challenge as other countries in terms of regional differences in access to care and attractiveness for care workers to build their careers. Both in primary care and hospital care new solutions are being sought which should help resolve these growing difficulties. Methods We conducted a literature review, survey and registry analysis, and held interviews with key stakeholders. Results Substantial differences exist between regions in the supply of both primary care and hospital care doctors. Particular and less populated regions appear to be hit in multiple ways, both with an extra ageing population requiring more care as well as by limited attractiveness for both primary care and hospital care workers. Solutions being used so far are mostly initiated by individual health care settings, such as strategic personnel management, redistribution of tasks and campaigns to increase the inflow of staff. Increasingly, solutions are also being explored at regional level, including a growing emphasis on regional collaboration, both in providing the right care in the right place as well as in terms of joint recruitment strategies. Still, such approaches only have a limited effect as a result of which new approaches are needed. Conclusions Strategies to improve the attractiveness of particular regions are now often fragmented, both between types of professions and sectors and different regions. In addition, innovative and new solutions appear to be hampered by vested interests of stakeholders. If new solutions are to be developed it is key that stakeholders are willing to compromise, be it when it comes to the autonomy of health care professionals and their associations and to the financial commitments required from government and insurer side.

An Exploration of the Relationship Between Patient Autonomy and Patient Advocacy: implications for nursing practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 472-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Patient Autonomy ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Patient Advocates ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Paternalistic Approach

The purpose of this article is to examine whether patient/client autonomy is always compatible with the nurse’s role of advocacy. The author looks separately at the concepts of autonomy and advocacy, and considers them in relation to the reality of clinical practice from professional, ethical and legal perspectives. Considerable ambiguity is found regarding the legitimacy of claims of a unique function for nurses to act as patient advocates. To act as an advocate may put nurses at personal and professional risk. It may also be deemed arrogant and insulting to other health care professionals. Patient autonomy can be seen as a subcategory of the right of every individual to self-determination, and as such is protected by law. However, it is questionable whether the traditionally paternalistic approach to health care provision truly respects the autonomous rights of each patient. The author considers examples and cases from the literature that resulted in professional and/or personal difficulties for the nurses involved, and also reflects on an incident from her own practice where a positive outcome was achieved that demonstrated compatibility between the concepts under consideration.

Health Care System Structure in the State of Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yasser Sabbah
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Care System

The health care system in the State of Israel consists of two sectors - the public sector, which includes government-owned hospitals and medical institutes. The public health sector includes the community health system, health funds, family medicine, the general care system and the mental health care system. The second sector is the private sector, which includes private hospitals and medical institutes. Both sectors are supervised by the Israeli Ministry of Health, which is the supreme governmental authority through which it implements its policy in the entire health system in Israel. The law provides and guarantees medical insurance for every resident of Israel, the right to receive medical treatment, the prohibition of discrimination, informed consent to medical treatment, the right to receive an additional medical opinion, the dignity and privacy of the patient and the right to attend. Health funds in Israel were established before the State of Israel was established. The ideological concept of the health funds was based on the principle of equality and mutual assistance.

scholarly journals “Breaking the silence”: Sexual victimisation in an old age psychiatry patient population in Flanders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Nobels ◽  
Ines Keygnaert ◽  
Egon Robert ◽  
Christophe Vandeviver ◽  
An Haekens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

AbstractBackgroundSexual violence (SV) is linked to mental health problems in adulthood and old age. However, the extent of sexual victimisation in old age psychiatry patients is unknown. Due to insufficient communication skills in both patients and healthcare workers, assessing SV in old age psychiatry patients is challenging.MethodsBetween July 2019 and March 2020, 100 patients at three old age psychiatry wards across Flanders participated in a face-to-face structured interview receiving inpatient treatment. The participation rate was 58%. We applied the WHO definition of SV, encompassing sexual harassment, sexual abuse with physical contact without penetration, and (attempted) rape.OutcomesIn 57% of patients (65% F, 42% M) SV occurred during their lifetime and 7% (6% F, 9% M) experienced SV in the past 12-months. Half of the victims disclosed their SV experience for the first time during the interview. Only two victims had disclosed SV to a mental health care professional before.InterpretationSexual victimisation appears to be common in old age psychiatry patients, yet it remains largely undetected. Although victims did reveal SV during a face-to-face interview to a trained interviewer, they do not seem to spontaneously disclose their experiences to mental health care professionals. In order to provide tailored care for older SV victims, professionals urgently need capacity building through training, screening tools and care procedures.

scholarly journals PATIENTS NEED TO RECEIVE THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE FROM EACH PROFESSIONAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 265-273
Author(s):  
Ilze Ansule ◽  
Anda Kīvīte - Urtāne ◽  
Inga Millere
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Validated Instrument

The questionnaire has been developed from a validated instrument “Women’s Experience of Maternity Care” (author - National Health Service, (Great Britain, 2019) and adapted to the situation in Latvia. The permission to use it has been obtained from authors. The questionnaire is meant for women regardless of their health status during the perinatal period or who have no co-morbidities, diagnosed in perinatal period of care. The questionnaire is designed to find out patients' experiences of receiving healthcare and its compliance with the guidelines, identifying potential problems and creating opportunities to correct them. There were 50 patients in Maternity Hospital postpartum unit interviewed. 12 of them were women living with HIV. Results. One of five main comment themes was - patients felt the need to receive the same kind of information about the same issue from all health care professional regardless of staff changes on call. The women point out that they have no problems with content in communication process during intranatal period, at labor unit. The problem with different kind of information about the same matter is emerging in postpartum period, at maternity unit. This issue is bothering both groups of patients in postnatal period, those women who live with HIV and those who have no co-morbidities, diagnosed in perinatal period. This shows that there is different kind of knowledge and professional skills among health care professionals, even if they work in the same field, the same hospital and the same unit. There should be done more research to identify the source of this problem. Is it the different experience, knowledge, informational field where professionals seek for information or totally different reason for this phenomena. 

scholarly journals Building perspective awareness as a workplace practice

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Andersson ◽  
Lotta Dellve ◽  
Gunnar Gillberg ◽  
Hans Lindgren
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Organization ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dialogue Model ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
The Right

Purpose The present study aims to describe the implementation of a facilitated dialogue model intended to improve communication across professional logics and knowledge boundaries in two units of a large health-care organization in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach This is a mixed-methods study with interviews, field observations and follow- up questionnaires that were conducted during the implementation process. Findings The conclusion drawn in this study is that it is possible to change and improve the dialogue between health-care professionals with the help of a tailored, facilitated dialogue model. The authors found that different professional logics can indeed meet and share perspectives if the right conditions are provided. Moreover, an improved dialogue between different professional groups may contribute to work satisfaction, engagement, social cohesion and communication between professionals. Practical implications This study shows that the right organizational conditions, such as support from managers, must exist if the model’s inherent possibilities are to be used. Inhouse facilitation may be a sustainable model for facilitated workplace dialogue when its implementation is supported by the overall organization. Originality/value The contribution is an empirically based analysis of a new form of model for mediating perspectives within an organization with distinct professional roles. This study shows how, under the right conditions, the model can contribute to a perspective awareness and thus a more mature work organization.

scholarly journals Successors of the apostles and witnesses to the truth

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Максим Козлов
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church

Статья посвящена рассмотрению различных сторон епископского служения. Освещена проблема поставления епископов. При использовании метода исторического анализа, основанного на обращении к Священному Писанию, Правилам святых апостолов, постановлениям Вселенских и Поместных Соборов, а также путём обзора святоотеческого наследия доказывается, что со времён первых христианских общин ни пресвитеры, ни диаконы, ни миряне не обладали правом поставления епископов. Подчеркивается, что рукоположение всегда было прерогативой самих епископов, при этом строго соблюдалось преемство хиротонии от апостолов. В статье рассмотрен сам термин «хиротония» с объяснением его двойного значения - посвящения в священный сан и древнего значения избрания кандидата на поставление в епископа, осуществляемого через простирание рук. Большое внимание уделено описанию чинопоследования епископской хиротонии и его литургического развития. Заключительная часть статьи посвящена анализу требований к епископу в его служении архипастыря и свидетеля истины, в особенности в настоящее время, и обзору понятия соборности как неотъемлемой части Православия. Целью настоящего исследования является привлечение внимания к жизненно важному значению епископата для Церкви и к ответственности архипастырского служения. The article "Successors of the Apostles and Witnesses to the Truth" deals with various aspects of the bishop's ministry. The problem of the ordination of bishops is highlighted. Using the method of historical analysis, based on the Scriptures, the Rules of the Apostles, the decrees of the Ecumenical and Local Councils, and a review of the patristic heritage, it is argued that since the first Christian communities, neither presbyters, deacons nor laymen have had the right to ordain bishops. It emphasizes that ordination was always the prerogative of the bishops themselves, with strict observance of the succession of ordination from the apostles. The article discusses the term "consecration" and explains its double meaning - ordination and the ancient election of a candidate for bishop ministry, which took place through the show of hands. Much attention is given to the description of the consecration of a bishop and its liturgical development. The final part of the article analyses the requirements for a bishop in his ministry as archpastor and witness to the truth, especially in modern times, and reviews the concept of synodality as an integral part of Orthodoxy. The purpose of this study is to draw attention to the vital importance of the episcopate for the Church and to the responsibility of the archpastoral ministry.

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