Soul of Medicine

Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

AvJohn R. Peteet,Michael N. D'Ambra,R Peteet, John,N D'Ambra, Michael,John R Peteet,Michael N D'Ambra

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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 thought-provoking essays produce rich insights not only into the needs of patients who share these same world views but also into how spirituality influences the practice of medicine. When their own spiritual issues arise in medical practice, physicians rely on their professionalism, ethics, and education.To better understand how various world views are incorporated into clinical work, doctors must ask themselves-as these contributors have-a series of important questions: What insights about life and healing does your faith provide? How does it challenge or reinforce contemporary medicine? How do you assess and address spirituality in clinical practice? How do your own beliefs influence your interactions with patients? The Soul of Medicine encourages medical students and practitioners to recognize the spiritual dimensions of medicine, to consider how these dimensions inform their own education and practice, and to be compassionate about their patients'-and their own-religious beliefs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-02-09
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt680 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9781421402994

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

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 a cardiac anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an associate professor of anaesthesiology at Harvard Medical School.

List of ContributorsPrefacePart I: Historical and Clinical ContextChapter 1. Spirituality and Biomedicine: A History of Harmony and DiscordChapter 2. Approaching Spirituality in Clinical PracticePart II: Major Traditions and MedicineChapter 3. JudaismChapter 4. HinduismChapter 5. IslamChapter 6. ChristianityChapter 7. BuddhismChapter 8. Eclectic SpiritualityChapter 9. Christian ScienceChapter 10. Jehovah's WitnessesChapter 11. A Secular PerspectivePart III: Implications and ApplicationsChapter 12. Ethical Considerations and Implications for ProfessionalismChapter 13. Spiritual Care and ChaplaincyChapter 14. Teaching and Learning at the Interface of Medicine and Spirituality

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 faith tradition, this book is invaluable. In easy to understand language (especially with regard to religions that might be foreign to many readers), the book explores the world views of different faith traditions as well as offering suggestions on caring for those from those traditions. -- P. Fosarelli Journal of Religion and Health

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