The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care

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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-05-19
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1589010957
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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The Rebirth of the Clinic begins with a bold assertion: the doctor-patient relationship is sick. Fortunately, as this engrossing book demonstrates, the damage is not irreparable. Today, patients voice their desires to be seen not just as bodies, but as whole people. Though not willing to give up scientific progress and all it has to offer, they sense the need for more. Patients want a form of medicine that can heal them in body and soul. This movement is reflected in medical school curricula, in which courses in spirituality and health care are taught alongside anatomy and physiology. But how can health care workers translate these concepts into practice? How can they strike an appropriate balance, integrating and affirming spirituality without abandoning centuries of science or unwittingly adopting pseudoscience?Physician and philosopher Daniel Sulmasy is uniquely qualified to guide readers through this terrain. At the outset of this accessible, engaging volume, he explores the natu Download The Rebirth of the Clinic for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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