Medicine of the Person

John Cox is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Keele and a consultant adult psychiatrist. He is Secretary General of the World Psychiatric Association and has published widely in the field of Perinatal Mental Health from a sociocultural perspective. He was elected President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1999. Alastair V. Campbell is Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor of Medical Ethics in the Medical Faculty of the National University of Singapore. He is a former President of the International Association of Bioethics and is a member of the Medical Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association. He has published extensively in both medical ethics and pastoral theology. Bill Fulford is Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health at the University of Warwick, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Oxford. He is the founder and editor of the first international journal for philosophy and mental health, PPP: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. He has published widely on philosophical and ethical aspects of mental health.

• Foreword. Julia Neuberger, House of Lords, London. Acknowledgements. Preface. John Cox, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva. 1. Introduction: At the Heart of Healing. Bill K.W.M. Fulford, University of Warwick, Alastair V. Campbell, University of Singapore and John Cox, University of Keele. PART 1 - Medicine of the Person: Paul Tournier's Vision. 2. The Man and His Message. Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer, Paul Tournier Association, Switzerland, and John Cox, University of Keele. 3. Retaining the Person in Medical Science. Bernard Ruedi, Universities of Lausanne and Neuchâtel. 4. The Bible and Medical Practice. John Clark, Paul Tournier Research Project at Exeter University. 5. The Value of Values - Do They Go Deep Enough? Martin Conway, Formerly of Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. PART 2 - Faith Traditions and Medicine of the Person. 6. The Christian Tradition of Spiritual Direction as a Sketch for a Strong Theology of Diversity. Robert Atwell, St Mary's, Primrose Hill and Bill (K. W. M.) Fulford, Universities of Oxford and Warwick. 7. Personhood in Health Care: Jewish Approaches. Claire Hilton, Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust and Michael Hilton, Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community, London. 8. The Individual Versus the Family: An Islamic and Traditional Societies Perspective. Ahmed Okasha, Ain Shams University, Cairo. 9. Hindu and Ayurvedic Understandings of the Person. Dinesh Bhugra, Institute of Psychiatry, London. PART 3 - Medicine of the Person in Contemporary Practice. 10. Spirituality and Mental Health: Practical Proposals for Action. Peter Gilbert, National Institute for Mental Health in England and Staffordshire University. 11. Beyond the Solitude for Two; Justice, Theology and General Practice. Thierry Collaud, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 12. Spirituality and Care: A Public Health Perspective. Tom Fryers, University of Leicester. 13. Re-Emergence of Home Health Care: A Holistic Response to Aging and Consumer Empowerment. Mike Magee, Medical Humanities Initiative, New York. 14. Neuroscience and Belief: A Christian Perspective. Andrew Sims, University of Leeds. Bibliography. Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer. List of Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.

This book highlights the renewed recognition of the value of spiritual dimensions of health with the growth of ethics. I feel the book is very timely and is likely to inspire further work with examples of good practice, particularly when medicine is being swamped with administration, technocracy, politics and management.