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DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN SPIRITUALITY, LAYMAN UNDERSTANDINGS OF HEALTH AND LIMITS OF MEDICINE

Eduard Pavlović ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Đulijano Ljubičić ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Vjekoslav Peitl ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Marija Vučić Peitl ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Ivana Bistrović Ljubičić ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Rudolf Ljubičić ; Psychiatry Clinic of KBC Rijeka, Cambijerijeva 17/7, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

The essence of human uniqueness and what is special about humans is spirituality. What is unique to every human being is his: language, sociability, politic, science, art, technical and working attitudes, playing games, fun and laughter, as well as religiosity and ethical attitudes. All of these dimensions are based upon spirituality or even the human spirit. This paper aims to relate all these dimensions of human spirituality to the sick person and establish to what extent that
person is imbued with them and whether he can rely on them. Furthermore, this paper attempts to shed some light on the limits of medicine, especially as seen by Ivan Illich. In the end we are left with a series of questions, and possibly with an indisputable fact that the person who is suffering physically or mentally is "saved" by his most amazing unique trait – his religiosity.

Keywords

spirituality; health; boundaries of medicine

Hrčak ID:

29241

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29241

Publication date:

6.11.2008.

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