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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm



Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm

Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm

A healing hospital is said to be built on an ancient traditions based on the premise that love quickens the process of healing. The healing hospital paradigm is concerned with de-stressing the patient along with taking care of the health risks that are patient might have. Such factors are said to be intrinsic by nature to the setting of the hospital and is not concerned with the ailments that are to be treated. An apt example of it is the stress associated with patients is said to be generated through the painful therapeutic procedures that the patients undergo on regular basis if the patient is undergoing chronic disease. Other symptoms that they come across are lack of social life, a decrease in disposable income to due to hefty medical expenditure. It is upon minimizing and eradicating the intensity of such symptoms/stressors and by providing comprehensive care to the patients that the recovery process speeds up but it has to be ensured that the patient's privacy and dignity is not hampered (Milstein, 2005).

The healing hospital is concerned with the healing of the client as a whole rather than just curing the disease that the patient is undergoing. The paradigm is directed towards healing of not just the physical body but it is also concerned with mental aspect of the patient and his family. The hospital ensures that both the patient and his family's cognitive, spiritual as well as emotional concerns are catered to.

With respect to the setting of the hospital, there are numerous complexities and barriers that are present and which hinder the effectiveness and efficiency of the hospital as a whole but they have to be overcome since in order to serve the ultimate goal. This paper analyzes the paradigm of the healing aspect of the hospital, analyzing the impact of effect that the care giving process has, number of components it constitutes as well as highlighting the strong connection it has with spirituality.

Constituents of a Healing Hospital

A healing hospital is not just windows, walls and mortar. It also has a stronger concept of love as well as care which gives uniqueness and makes it different from the cliché concept of hospital. A healing hospital is said to entail three essential components.

Healing physical environment

Since it is a healing hospital so it requires peace and tranquility to focus on the spiritual aspect to initiate healing so a healing hospital should be free of all kinds of noises that could hinder the process of healing as it can further induce stress which defeats the purpose of healing hospital. The external environmental factors entail noise pollution, morbid environment and chaotic environment. Employees of such hospital should be trained and be competent in terms of knowledge, skills, and ability that they are able to communicate with the patients and their families to ensure that they cope up with the set of concerns that they have along with the ...