The Function of Healthcare Worker

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The Function of Healthcare Worker

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1WORLDVIEWThe function of any healthcare worker is to ensure complete recovery of the ailing patientat hand, without exhibiting any form of biased attitude while treating a patient of any religiousbackground. Regardless of the religious faith of the specific person, the healthcare practitionershould deliver the best possible treatment to the patient. In the present case, George, otherwiseaccomplished legal professional has been diagnosed with terminally ill disease Amyotrophiclateral sclerosis whereby he wishes to opt for euthanasia. Considering the given situation, thereport intends to offer an ethical analysis of George’s situation, in the light of the Christian andBuddhist world view. According to the Christian worldview, sin, suffering or any form of illness emanate in theworld because of the Fall of mankind. The Christians can explain the condition of George bystating that illness is the result of the sins perpetrated by mankind (Ehrman, 2000). The Biblestates that “In Him (God) we live and move and have our being” and thus George’s malady canbe described as part of the design of his destiny as per the plan of God. As god wills, so shallhappen, and if George has to suffer, he will and he will eventually embrace death in accordancewith the wish of the Almighty, the creator and destroyer of human lives (Slott, 2015). As per theBuddhist worldview, human suffering and death are inescapable parts of human existence, andcannot be taken away. George being born as a human being could not escape disease. However,the Buddhists refer to Karma, whereby the action of the past life determines the well-being of theperson in future life (Chai, 2015). Accordingly, George might have perpetrated sins for which hehas to atone in this life (Fendert, 2014). The Karmic cause cannot be cured until the Karmiceffect is exhausted through human suffering and death. George has been diagnosed with a terminally ill disease and the question arises how farhis life can be deemed to be worthy. The Biblical scriptures clearly state the unquestionable

2WORLDVIEWworth of human life as human beings are stewards of God rather than the owners of their lives.God has sent each human on earth with an eternal purpose and even though the person may bedying or is incapacitated, his existence serves the purpose of God in a cosmic world (Valk,2015). Hence, the value of George’s life does not diminish even if he may beat the point ofdying. Every human life, whether suffering from ALS like George or not has an intrinsic valuewhich cannot be taken away from him, unless God chooses to. On the other hand, although theBuddhists believe in the worth of human life even if the individual is not enjoying optimalphysical or mental health, the Buddhists being agonistics, claim that life is worth living as longas the person inhabiting the body finds it worth living. According to the Buddhist worldview, ifGeorge is able to free himself completely from the selfish desires of human existence and able tofeel enlightened, he can be emancipated from the pangs of human life (Jerryson, 2015). This willbe done only because human life is important and suffering as per the design of any higherauthority is not considered necessary here. George’s life is worthy and he is allowed to lead hislife while undergoing the illness, and yet however, human existence as per the Buddhistworldview is free from any intervention from outside. Hence, the worth of George’s life lies withand within him. Hence, a man is allowed to decide the worth of his life and can be allowed tochoose a course of action that suits his satisfaction. Human life here is not worthy because it is agift of God, but because the human being chooses to attach worth to it (Cheng, 2017). Christianity view: The people following the religion of Christianity are usually against thedecision of euthanasia. They strongly believe that human beings are mended in God’s image.Even to some churches they believe not to interfere with natural death process. They havegeneral views against euthanasia such as we should respect the fact that God is the mentor ofhuman beings and birth followed by death is a part of life, so humans got no right to kill any

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