BIO 1.03: The Meaning of Medicine PDF

BIO 1.03: THE MEANING OF MEDICINE Lecturer: Dr. Robert E. Tolentino Date: January 24, 2024 Lecture / Important Notes / Verbatim / Books 4. The Medication – pharmacogenomic studies...

BIO 1.03: THE MEANING OF MEDICINE Lecturer: Dr. Robert E. Tolentino Date: January 24, 2024 Lecture / Important Notes / Verbatim / Books 4. The Medication – pharmacogenomic studies will develop therapeutic agents targeted to Discussion is based on the ideas of Dr. Paul Tournier. specific, genetically identifiable subgroups of populations; DR. PAUL TOURNIER 5. The Health Care Process, including genetic A Swiss Physician counseling, the education of the patients and of The pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy his or her risk profile, a shared decision, and the Observed that the contemporary approach to monitoring of the treatment, and so forth; illness was purely organic and failed to consider the 6. Information Management, both patient patient as a whole. specific and evidence based. Saw the need to consider not only the physical aspects of health, but also the psychological and PROFESSOR COURVOISER spiritual dimensions. Professor Courvoiser writes: Healing is an effect and a sign of God’s mercy, The vocation of medicine is a service to which extending the term of our life. those are called who through their studies and To know ourselves to be called by God is to believe the natural gifts with which the Creator has in our vocation with as much conviction as St. Paul endowed them……are specially fitted to tend when he declares himself to be “separated unto the the sick and to heal them. gospel of God” (Romans 1:1). Whether or not they are aware of it, whether or Our profession (being a physician) is a priestly not they are believers, this is from the Christian ministry. I should like to see the church point of view fundamental, that doctors are, by consecrating doctors just as it ordains its ministers. their profession, fellow workers with God…. This would be in conformity with the gospel. because their activity is itself a sign of Even when the doctor believes he is obeying only God’s patience. his own feelings, his compassion for human suffering, he is at that moment the instrument of DR. POUYANNE the divine compassion. “Sickness and healing are acts of grace.” MEDICINE OF THE PERSON PASTOR ALAIN PERROT Not just another branch of medicine. “The Doctor is an instrument of God’s patience.” It is an attitude towards contact, an approach to patient-care, applicable in all areas. CALVIN It puts the emphasis on awareness of patients as “Medicine as a gift from God.” whole persons, with places in their community and society. DR. ANDRE SCHLEMMER “Medicine is a dispensation of the grace of God, who in OBJECTIVES OF A MEDICINE OF THE PERSON His goodness takes pity on men and provides remedies A. To help patients find the meaning of their sickness for the evil consequences of their sin.” and their life; B. To deal with the problem of death; C. To discover a specific ethical approach to their AMBROISE PARE environment; “Every doctor, Christian or not, is a collaborator with D. To open sources of love for themselves and for their God.” fellow-men; [from the well-known words: “I tended him, God E. To sense the meaning of suffering… to find strength healed him.”] through the community for a new responsibility toward themselves and their fellow-men. DR. STOCKER “It is this conviction which makes us give ourselves SIX KEY LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE with our hearts and minds and souls to our vocation – Personalized medicine builds in this worldview to with our “spiritual hearts.” consider six key levels of health care (Fierz, 2004): 1. The Disease; OTHER SCRIPTURES 2. The Environment; Jesus “saw a great multitude, and he had 3. The Genes, which means the molecular traits compassion on them, and healed their sick” (Mt and mechanisms; 14:14). “Heal the sick” (Mt 10:8) 1 of 2 | P a g e TRANSCRIBER: RAFIL  BIO 1.03: THE MEANING OF MEDICINE Lecturer: Dr. Robert E. Tolentino Date: January 24, 2024 Parable of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) Therapeutic baths (Jn 5:2) o in which Jesus takes as His criterion not this or Calling in of physicians (Jer 8:22) o that sin, but the charity or the hardness of the St. Paul concerned himself with o heart. Timothy’s diet (I Tim 5:23) o Laying on of hands (Lk 4:40) WHOLE TASK OF MEDICINE o Unction of Oil (Mk 6:13) 1. Heal PASSAGES TO REVIEW: 2. Protect the Weak o Ecclesiasticus 38:1 o II Kings 20:7 § Whole task of medicine: Not only to heal, but o Jn 9:6 o I Sam 16:16 also to protect the weak. o Ezek 47:12 § To bring back to obedience those who are o Isa 1:6 neglecting the laws of life. o Jer 8:22 § It has been said of medicine that its duty is o Lk 4:40 sometimes to heal, often to afford relief, and o Mk 6:13 always, to bring consolation. o Lk 10:34 § The doctor in his vocation works hand in hand with o Ezek 30:21 God. o Jn 5:2 o I Tim 5:23 o Ex 20:8 MEDICINE o Acts 27:9 A gift from God. o Dt 14 A vocation. o Judg 13:4 A dispensation of the grace of God. A priestly ministry. DOCTORS ARE INSTRUMENT OF: ü God’s Mercy ü God’s Patience ü God’s Compassion ü Collaborator with God ü Fellow Worker with God BIBLE The Bible makes no distinction between spiritual and temporal action, between supernatural and natural healing. The Bible, of course, preceded scientific medicine and so could make no allusion to it, but it is not silent on the art of healing. PASSAGES: o Ecclesiasticus 9(38:1),à speaks of the physician as created by the Lord. END o II Kings 20:7 à Isaiah uses cake of figs to cure King Hezekiah “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t o Our Lord applies clay to the eyes of a help them, at least don’t hurt them.” - Delai Lama blind man (Jn 9:6) o Music was used to calm King Saul when he was suffering from mental disease (I Sam 16:16). o Oil is poured on sores (Isa 1:6) o Balm that is applied to wounds (Jer 8:22) o Wine used as a disinfectant (Lk 10:34) o Appliances for containing fractures (Ezek 30:21) 2 of 2 | P a g e TRANSCRIBER: RAFIL