Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems
John Swinton is a lecturer in practical theology in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, King's College, University of  Aberdeen, Scotland. Previously he worked as a nurse for 16 years, specializing in the areas of psychiatry and learning disability.  He also spent a number of years working in the field of hospital chaplaincy, most recently as a community psychiatric  chaplain.