Exploring the moral foundations of the healing relationship,
Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma offer the health care
professional a highly readable Christian philosophy of medicine.
This book examines the influence religious beliefs have on the kind
of person the health professional should be, on the health care
policies a society should adopt, and on what constitutes healing in
its fullest sense.
"Helping and Healing" looks at the ways a religious perspective
shapes the healing relationship and the ethics of that
relationship. Pellegrino and Thomasma seek to clarify the role of
religious belief in health care by providing a moral basis for such
commitment as well as a balancing role for reason. This book
establishes a common ground for believers and skeptics alike in
their dedication to relieve suffering by showing that helping and
healing require an involvement in the religious values of patients.
It clearly argues that religion provides crucial insights into
medical practice and morality that cannot be ignored, even in our
morally heterogeneous society.
Central to the authors' message is the concept of patients'
vulnerabilities and the need to help them recover not only from the
disease but also from an existential assault on their personhood.
They then show how this understanding can move caregivers to view
their professions as vocations and thereby change the nature of
health care from a business to a community of healing.
Physicians, nurses, administrators, clergy, theologians, and
other health professionals and church leaders will find this volume
helpful for their own reflections on the role of religion in the
health care ministry and for making a religious commitment integral
to their professional lives.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
