Treating_The_Amish

Treating The Amish Treating the Amish The Amish are a God-fearing, family-loving group of people. Their church doctrine states that “It is easier to stay pure and focused if we set ourselves apart from everyday society, not taking advantage of advances in technology.” Their ethics stress self-sufficiency, altruism and the need to put the community first above oneself. The Amish believe in folk medicine: faith healing, pow-wows and herbal treatments. They believe that a higher level of medical science is simply not a gift from God, and needs to be taken care of. They believe that medicine helps, but God heals. They are very careful medical consumers. If an Amish person is seeking medical treatment, it indicates that it is an emergency or a very important concern. The Amish religion does not forbid its people to seek modern medical care. When necessary, the Amish can have surgical procedures, dental work, anesthesia or blood transfusions, Organ transplants are permitted, except for the heart, because they believe the heart is the soul of the body. In some Amish districts, all forms of insurance are discouraged, including medical insurance. The Amish believe insurance is worldly, and purchasing it shows a amish, believe, care, patient, because, treatment, pay, medical, hospital, god, family, speak, refuse, prefer, possible, paying, money, medicine, insurance, health, church, whole, very, treatments, seen, rather, process, preventative, people, needed, need, lack, home, heart