Revisioning Healthcare Spaces
Contemporary healthcare confronts an unprecedented convergence of crises that fundamentally challenge the biomedical paradigm's sufficiency for addressing human suffering. Beyond the well-documented epidemics of physician burnout, patient dissatisfaction, and the progressive dehumanization of medical encounters lies a deeper crisis of meaning that permeates every level of healthcare delivery. This expanded analysis examines insights from our longitudinal documentation of spiritual community practices, extracting principles with profound implications for reimagining healthcare environments in ways that transcend the false dichotomy between clinical excellence and humanistic care.