Proposed Changes in Healthcare

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04b000d2egerdp.png"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#333399" TEXT="#080000" background="04aa2c00erkjzj.png"> <bR> <div> <B>Changes Relating to:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id65_m.htm#_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Proposed Changes in Healthcare"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Physicians and Other Healthcare Providers</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65_m.htm#_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Proposed Changes in Healthcare"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Medicine andHealthcare</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65_m.htm#_3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Proposed Changes in Healthcare"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Society</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65_m.htm#top_of_page" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Proposed Changes in Healthcare"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Top of page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#336600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > |    <B> </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The George Washington Institute for Spir"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> </B><B> <A NAME="top_of_page"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04c07040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Proposed Changes in Healthcare</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>GWish</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >seeks to stimulate changes on the individual practitioner level and within the field of medicine and society.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>1. Physicians and Other Healthcare Providers Will:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Recognize and accept that they are entrusted with the care of:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">the physical</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">the emotional</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">the social, and</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">the spiritual aspects of their patients in all phases of patients' lives;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support patients in their suffering and in the midst of their existential pain;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Address spiritual values and beliefs as part of the routine medical history;</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethics/week433/cover.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethic"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Form collaborative partnerships with chaplains, clergy and other spiritual care providers</U></A>; <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >and</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Recognize that their own spirituality plays a key role in their professional lives and affects how they interact with their patients and colleagues.</div> <div>  <A NAME="_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>2. Medicine and Healthcare Will Include:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A field of spirituality and health whereby physicians and other healthcare providers can further their academic and professional interests in order to improve the care of patients;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An increased amount of scholarly research by a variety of disciplines on the roles of spirituality and health;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Health administrators and healthcare policymakers who recognize the importance of spirituality in healthcare; and</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Healthcare training programs in spirituality and health that span all disciplines.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>3. Societal Changes:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A recognition of the role of spirituality in healthcare, and particularly in chronic illness and end-of-life care; and</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An increased awareness by and an empowering of the non-medical public regarding the role of spirituality, particularly in chronic illness and end-of-life care.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top_of_page" TITLE="Proposed Changes in Healthcare"><U><B>Top of Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>