Paging God
Subtitle: religion in the halls of medicine
By: Wendy Cadge
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226922102; 9780226922119; 9780226922133
Subjects: Medicine; Sociological aspects; Religious aspects; Hospitals; Hospital Chaplains
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning : a tour; title: Looking back : glimpses of religion and spirituality in the history of academic medical centers; title: From symbols to silence : the design and use of hospital chapels; title: Wholeness, presence, and hope : the perspectives of hospital chaplains; title: Essential or optional? : how hospitals shape the professional tasks of chaplains; title: Spirituality and religion in intensive care : staff's perspectives and professional responses; title: Why sickness and death? : religion and spirituality in the ways intensive care unit staff make meaning; title: Managing death : the personal and institutional 'dirty work' of chaplains; title: Conclusion : looking forward.