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The ought that lies within

In: Handbook on Religion and Health

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  • Bastienne Klein

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This chapter asserts that treating human beings with chronic conditions as people with physical symptoms alone is secondary to the understanding of a person as a whole. It argues that human dignity is affirmed when health is seen as wholeness and that ot requires a turn to the ought that lies within us and not the turn to external agencies. It is this that leads us to use our capacities of agency, coherence, and hope. I suggest that these are mediated with a question that will have a unique answer: what do I/we/this system lack? I tell three stories to show how this may be achieved: the most substantial source is ancient Greek mythology; the second is a medieval epic of a holy grail; and the third, a memoir from a medical supervisor of New York City’s oldest public hospital.

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  • Bastienne Klein, 2024. "The ought that lies within," Chapters, in: James R. Cochrane & Gary R. Gunderson & Teresa Cutts (ed.), Handbook on Religion and Health, chapter 24, pages 379-395, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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