The goal of medicine and healthcare is for the patients to heal completely and properly (“Lecture 3”, 2016). Although this cannot be done in every case, it is still important for doctors, nurses, etc. to give the patients the same kind of care. The story of Ivan Ilych in The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy examines the importance of a healing environment in times of sickness, pain, and death as well as the components of a healing environment (2015). There are three concepts to a healing environment and many ways in which phenomena of illness and disease can be experienced.
The Healing Environment
The Seen Environment
The healing environment has three concepts: the seen, unseen, and storied environments. The seen environment can be defined as …show more content…
It cannot be experienced through the five senses but can still be seen by faith. For example, many doctors and nurses have experienced the unseen environment when delivering a baby. There is something that goes beyond the physical body to be able to give birth, which cannot be explained by physics, but can often be explained through religion and faith (Shelly & Miller, 2006).
Ivan Ilych stated that if he was going to die, then an inner voice would have told him. This suggests that he believes in some sort of higher being, although he may not be a highly religious man. Ivan also had many experiences with Death that made him ponder what comes after death, judgement, and why God was making him suffer. Ivan also cries out to God asking many questions and receiving answers through a voice speaking inside his soul. Throughout these spiritual experiences in the unseen environment, he learns that he has not lived his life the way he should have (Tolstoy, …show more content…
In other words, human beings live within God's story. It gives humanity hope because they are part of a bigger plan which allows human beings to know themselves, moral truth, and God. They can help tell others of God’s story by the story of their own lives. Telling these stories to others can be a make a huge difference in their lives and be a source of encouragement (Shelly & Miller, 2006).
In Ivan’s communication with God, he realized that he had not lived his life in a way that pleased God. It was artificial, full of hypocrisy, and unpleasant. He feels like his life was an error and that he did not fulfill God’s bigger plan and purpose for him. Later on, he determined that he might be able to set things right because the lives of his family would be better with him gone. At that moment, Ivan experiences joy and sees the light (Tolstoy, 2015). Ivan was a part of God’s story all along because He needed him to live and learn so others could also learn from his
The Healing Environment
The Seen Environment
The healing environment has three concepts: the seen, unseen, and storied environments. The seen environment can be defined as …show more content…
It cannot be experienced through the five senses but can still be seen by faith. For example, many doctors and nurses have experienced the unseen environment when delivering a baby. There is something that goes beyond the physical body to be able to give birth, which cannot be explained by physics, but can often be explained through religion and faith (Shelly & Miller, 2006).
Ivan Ilych stated that if he was going to die, then an inner voice would have told him. This suggests that he believes in some sort of higher being, although he may not be a highly religious man. Ivan also had many experiences with Death that made him ponder what comes after death, judgement, and why God was making him suffer. Ivan also cries out to God asking many questions and receiving answers through a voice speaking inside his soul. Throughout these spiritual experiences in the unseen environment, he learns that he has not lived his life the way he should have (Tolstoy, …show more content…
In other words, human beings live within God's story. It gives humanity hope because they are part of a bigger plan which allows human beings to know themselves, moral truth, and God. They can help tell others of God’s story by the story of their own lives. Telling these stories to others can be a make a huge difference in their lives and be a source of encouragement (Shelly & Miller, 2006).
In Ivan’s communication with God, he realized that he had not lived his life in a way that pleased God. It was artificial, full of hypocrisy, and unpleasant. He feels like his life was an error and that he did not fulfill God’s bigger plan and purpose for him. Later on, he determined that he might be able to set things right because the lives of his family would be better with him gone. At that moment, Ivan experiences joy and sees the light (Tolstoy, 2015). Ivan was a part of God’s story all along because He needed him to live and learn so others could also learn from his