Putting the soul back in medicine
Subtitle: reflections on compassion and ethics
By: David Schiedermayer.
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Religious aspects.; Medical care -- Religious aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-190).
Table of contents: title: Part one: Caring for body, mind, and soul – 1. The heart man – 2. House calls on Cardinal Jackson – 3. Honor thy patient – 4. Shared prayer – Part two: Comforting the sick – 5. Colleagues in ministry: the pastor and the health professional – 6. High technology medicine: comforting a modern job in ICU – 7. Treating “gomers” – 8. Scar watcher – Part three: Facing death’s mystery – 9. When CPR becomes futile – 10. In due season – 11. In the valley of the shadow – 12. Cadaver ethics – Part four: Overcoming the world -- 13. The call to serve – 14. A special love for gold – 15. Medical economics and the free-lunch syndrome – 16. Medical economics and the chief’s wife – 17. Letters from the twenty-first century – 18. Flimsy costumes