McTernan B
Mercy Healthcare Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, CA.
Health Prog. 1995 Jan-Feb;76(1):48-50.
By paying attention to our personal individuation process, our inner work, we can better deal with whatever the world presents. Much of the chaos healthcare is experiencing today is because we are currently trying to become more conscious both individually and organizationally. The future of Catholic healthcare is in recognizing the call, the challenge, the moral imperative to facilitate the creation of healthy communities. We must reflect on and understand health not as a commodity, but rather as both a process and a state of being that is at once personal and collective. In indigenous cultures there has always been an understanding of the deep connection between personal and community health and between spiritual, mental, and physical health. The current synchronistic shift from professional-directed, acute care to an awareness of how the individual psyche and society in general influence health and well-being is spurring Americans to focus on mind-body and healthy-community concepts. If we can "stay present" to the mission of healthcare-keep people well, prevent disease, deal with the causes and symptoms of illness, create healthy communities-we will have a future in healthcare delivery. We can do this by being healthy ourselves, recognizing our global responsibility for health, and providing direct services.
通过关注我们个人的个性化过程，即我们的内在工作，我们能够更好地应对世界所呈现的一切。当今医疗保健领域所经历的诸多混乱，是因为我们目前正试图在个人和组织层面上变得更加清醒。天主教医疗保健的未来在于认识到促进健康社区创建的使命、挑战和道德责任。我们必须反思并理解，健康并非一种商品，而是一种既是个人的又是集体的过程和存在状态。在本土文化中，人们一直都理解个人健康与社区健康之间以及精神、心理和身体健康之间的深刻联系。当前从专业主导的急性护理向意识到个体心理和整个社会如何影响健康与幸福的同步转变，正促使美国人关注身心和健康社区的概念。如果我们能够“专注于”医疗保健的使命——让人们保持健康、预防疾病、应对疾病的成因和症状、创建健康社区——我们在医疗保健服务方面就会有未来。我们可以通过自身保持健康、认识到我们对全球健康的责任以及提供直接服务来做到这一点。
