Cultural competence is one of the key requirements of the health care service providers. It is required for the health care service providers towards the religious, cultural and social needs of the patients and their families. The diversity of faith is to be understood by health care service professionals for rendering their duties most appropriately. In this connection, the following write-up is presented to review few questions on the case study. More specifically reflection is presented on ethical analysis of the George's situation, in the context of Christian world view as well with consideration to worldview questions (Buddhist world view).
(i) George at present is suffering with illness and different religious viewpoints do provide different reasoning for the current situation of George. For example Buddhists do believe that there is nothing beyond the evident world. Everything that is happening to George is just due to his own actions. As per the four noble truths of Buddhism(Helderman,2019), attachment with the desires will result in the physical suffering and pain in this world. People need to follow the eight fold path towards enlightment to get out of the suffering and can attain everlasting enlightment. However still from Christian's world view it is altogether a different view. Different churches have different schools of thought and belief systems, they teach differently about the wrath and pain experienced by the people in general. The current pain of George will be explained by some Christians as the god's intention to let him know the pain, God experienced in his visit to the earth. However still the experience of the pain is expected to make George much nearer to the God as per their belief. For some other Christians, it is altogether a different belief; they believe that the George is experiencing the pain due to the sins committed by him in the previous life. In either case there is positive outlook shown through Christian world view, if the pain is the god's will, then it will teach George to be steadfast and appreciate the faith of the god. At the sametime if the suffering is due to the sins committed by the God in the previous life, then definitely the current situation will provide George an opportunity to repent on their sins and will let him get back to God. Also the belief can be perceived that the George is expected to face the pain due to the sins committed and in the aftermath he is entitled to the love and affection by the God. God has created to program the people to strive to live for the fullest in their life, if they have committed any sins, gods punish them and later they will be entitled to the pure love of God. In any case, the George in the current case has got an opportunity to the repent for the sins and with complete satisfaction and belief that the God has forgotten him can die and move for better love and affection of the god. Christian's believe that the god has visited the earth in the image of the man. He has come to the earth in the form of a physical body and he suffered for the sins of the people. He purified people with his own blood. He showed people the mercy and love and promised the same to the people who do have the faith. Hence George, being a Christian and with the Christian school of thought will repent for the sins in the form of the suffering, which he is experiencing at present and this inturn will pave him a way towards the god(Shelly et al.,2009).
(ii) George interprets his suffering in the light of Christian narrative as a temporary suffering due to the sins and the deeds done by him under the influence of Satan. Infact they are not ever lasting, they do end soon giving him the eternal love and joy of living with Christ. Infact, When resurrection is only to the body and the end of the life will just end the physical suffering of George and the soul will be alive and it will reach the heavens of the god. The resurrection of the Jesus has given weight and hope to this thought, George now can believe that all his sufferings are quite temporary and at the end of this suffering there is a great path way left for him to reach the god. So, the hope of resurrection and the promise of eternal love and life ahead will let the George to interpret his suffering just as something that can be taken up with a hope for better promises of god lying ahead of death and misery(Shelly et al.,2019)
(iii) George interprets his suffering in the Christian perspective as the consequence of the repentance for the sins committed by him. There is considerable reasoning for him to believe in that aspect. However still whether it is Christian view or any other world view like Buddhism, there is nowhere mentioned for the person to escape from the pain by sacrificing the life. The pain and misery are just the consequences of the god's reactions over the man deeds, they can be born but there is no need fo