Human Resource Management in the Healthcare Industry: An Analysis of the Connection Between Patient Care and Buddhist Practice

Abstract

Since its inception, Buddhism and medicine have been closely associated, with each having a unique focus on reducing and averting human suffering. Despite the well-established connection between Buddhism and healthcare, there is still a dearth of Buddhist literature that can help healthcare professionals in both their personal and professional lives. Examples of the Buddha as a doctor, the Dharma as a treatment, and laypeople in general as patients can all be found in the sutras. Illness is strongly correlated with an individual's social, cultural, environmental, mental, and physical well-being. It is insufficient to approach medicine by focusing only on symptom elimination; It is crucial to address the psychosocial components of sickness as well as its psychological causes and treatments. All three components must be in harmony for holistic treatment to be provided, and Buddhist philosophy offers medical professionals insight. The medical ethical values of non-malice, compassion, justice, and autonomy are inevitably followed by health care practitioners who get ethical guidance from Buddhist medicine.