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The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice
John R. Peteet
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Description for The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice
Hardback. Explores the role and influence of spirituality in clinical practice, professionalism, and medical education. This title provides insights not only into the needs of patients with various world views but also into how spirituality influences the practice of medicine. Editor(s): Peteet, John R.; D'Ambra, Michael N. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
To what extent should spiritual information be part of patients' medical assessments? How should physicians respond when patients refuse life-saving care on religious grounds? Should doctors pray with their patients? Questions such as these raise deeper ones about the goals of medicine and the nature of healing. In a set of engaging and candid essays, The Soul of Medicine explores the role and influence of spirituality in clinical practice, professionalism, and medical education. The contributors to this volume approach this topic from their own spiritual perspectives-Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, New Age/Eclectic, secular, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientist. Their ... Read more
To what extent should spiritual information be part of patients' medical assessments? How should physicians respond when patients refuse life-saving care on religious grounds? Should doctors pray with their patients? Questions such as these raise deeper ones about the goals of medicine and the nature of healing. In a set of engaging and candid essays, The Soul of Medicine explores the role and influence of spirituality in clinical practice, professionalism, and medical education. The contributors to this volume approach this topic from their own spiritual perspectives-Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, New Age/Eclectic, secular, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientist. Their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421402994
SKU
V9781421402994
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About John R. Peteet
John R. Peteet, M.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, author of Depression and the Soul: A Guide to Spiritually Integrated Treatment and Doing the Right Thing: An Approach to Moral Issues in Mental Health Treatment, and coeditor of Handbook of Spirituality and World View in Clinical Practice. Michael N. D'Ambra, M.D., is ... Read more
Reviews for The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice
A helpful, important contribution to understanding the role of spirituality in the lives of medical professionals. Choice Valuable.
John L. Zeller JAMA What a gem of a book! If you have ever wondered what other faith traditions believe when it comes to illness, dying, and death or if you have ever wondered how medical practitioners think about their particular ... Read more
John L. Zeller JAMA What a gem of a book! If you have ever wondered what other faith traditions believe when it comes to illness, dying, and death or if you have ever wondered how medical practitioners think about their particular ... Read more