Describe Values and Spirituality within Health Care Policy

Values and Spirituality within Health Care Policy
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Values and Spirituality within Health Care Policy
What is the role of a religious ethics in public policy today?
As evidence has it, there is a strong inseparability between religion and good social policy (Fagan, 2017). Good social practice makes a special reference to religious ethics for the benefit of any nation (Fagan, 2017). With reference to the value system, religion can eliminate most of the social ills that bedevil the society that we live in. Cases of murder, rape, unwanted pregnancy, drug abuse and many unorthodox behaviors can be done away with if religious ethics were to be promoted. As the governments make policies that affect the well-being of their citizens such as health policy and family, religious teachings becomes a major point of reference (Fagan, 2017). Nurses have in most cases referred to spiritual teachings when enhancing ethics in their work dispensation and fighting for social justice and well-being of all those under their jurisdiction (American Nursing Association, 2001)
Should a religious ethic or theistic worldview take priority over that of others?
Not at all. All voices of reason should be accorded their democratic right on matters of policy since it will affect them equally (Kirkpatrick, 2017). The reli...