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Nursing
Implication:
Eastern
Philosophies
Eastern Wisdoms
Laili Rahayuwati
Nursing Faculty
Universitas Padjadjaran
Bandung

Contents
Human

Dimension: Philosophy
Western and Eastern Philosophies
Concept of health and its evolution
Eastern Philosophies and based therapy

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Concept and Definition

Philosophy

comes from the Greek word,

philosophia which means the love of
wisdom.
All individuals have a philosophy in life,
whether they know it or not.

Human Dimension

Physiological dimension
Psychological dimension
Socio-cultural dimension
Spiritual dimension

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Human Dimension
Bio

Psycho

Socio
cultural

Spiritual

Concept of Health

East Philosopy

West Philosophy

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Sciencetific Development:
Human Concept and Health
History

Non Western World Eastern

Western World
Development of 2 interdisciplinary
sciences
Social sciences contribute to medical
sciences:
biomedicine sociomedicine

Western Philosophy
1450M-1527 M
1840 M (widespread industrialization)
The European Industrial Renaissance
This method clashed to beliefs of the Western
Church, which adopted old erratic Greek
views in the field of natural sciences.
Science replace religion
Medical cosmology shifted from person
oriented to object oriented

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Concept of Health
Ancient

Greek
Condition of perfect body equilibrium.
When the forces or humors, that
constituted the core of human body were
perfectly balanced, a person was healthy
(Edelman & Mandle, 1994). Hippocrates
humoral pathology
New World Indians
Relationship among human beings, nature,
and the supernatural (Edelman & Mandle,
1994)

Concept of Health
Ancient

Chinese

Reflection of vital body force derived

from cosmic energy (Edelman & Mandle,
1994).
Modern

English

Being safe or sound and whole of body

(Edelman & Mandle, 1994).

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Concept of Health
1948 -1950 -1974
A State of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity (WHO in
Mausner & Kramer, 1985)

Concept of Health

1978
Primary Health Care
As part of integrated community
development program.
1990 2000
Health for All
Depends on our ability to understand and
manage the interaction between human
activities and the physical and biological
environment (WHO in MacMurray, 2003)

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Concept of Nursing
Discussion

session

Discussion/Individual Task
1. History of Eastern Philosophy and Western
Philosophy
2. Basic concept of Eastern and Western
Philosophies related health and therapies
3. Nursing Practice in Indonesia: based on
Chinese philosophy , Indian philosophy ,
Islamic philosophy , Buddhism
4. Nursing practice: Global implication and local
wisdom

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