Medicine of the Person : Faith, Science, and Values in Health Care Provision

Medicine of the Person : Faith, Science, and Values in Health Care Provision / edited by John Cox, Alastair V. Campbell, and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford ; foreword by Julia Neuberger.

International and multi-faith in scope, this important text engages with the need to integrate the scientific basis of healthcare more fully with spiritual, religious and ethical values. Based on the principle of 'medicine of the person', an attitude that embeds personal relationships and...

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Other Authors: Cox, John L. (John Lee), Campbell, Alastair V., Fulford, K. W. M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2007.
Subjects:
Medicine > Philosophy.
Medical ethics.
Medical care > Religious aspects.
Medical care > Science.
Value.
Spirituality.
Medical personnel and patient.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
value (economic concept)
Spirituality & Religious Experience.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Spirituality
Medicine > Religious aspects
Medical personnel and patient
Medical care > Religious aspects
Medical ethics
Medicine > Philosophy
Value
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : At the heart of healing / Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford, Alastair V. Campbell, John Cox
  • pt. I: Medicine of the person, Paul Tournier's vision. The man and his message / Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer and John Cox
  • Retaining the person in medical science / Bernard Rüedi
  • The Bible and medical practice / John Clark
  • The value of values : Do they go deep enough? / Martin Conway
  • pt. 2: Faith traditions and the medicine of the person. The Christian tradition of spiritual direction as a sketch for a strong theology of diversity / Robert Atwell and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford
  • Personhood in health care : Jewish approaches / Claire Hilton and Michael Hilton
  • The individual versus the family : an Islamic and traditional societies perspective / Ahmed Okasha
  • Hindu and Ayurvedic understandings of the person / Dinesh Bhugra
  • pt. 3: Medicine of the person in contemporary practice. Spirituality and mental health : practical proposals for action / Peter Gilbert
  • Beyond the solitude for two : justice, theology, and general practice / Thierry Collaud
  • Spirituality and care : a public health perspective / Tom Fryers
  • The re-emergence of home health care : a holistic response to aging and consumer empowerment / Mike Magee
  • Neuroscience and belief : a Christian perspective / Andrew Sims
  • Bibliography of books by Paul Tournier / Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer.

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