Restoring the healer : spiritual self-care for health care professionals / William E. Dorman.

"Burn out. Two words that haunt those in high stress jobs, especially in the medical profession. Long hours and the literal life-and-death nature of the field creates expectations to not only be on call at all hours, but to be at one's best, even at 3:00 AM after a twenty-hour shift. So mu...

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Main Author: Dorman, William E., 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, [2015]
Series:Spirituality and Mental Health.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Foreword by Christina M. Puchalski, MD ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Embrace Awe ; John's Story: Routine Miracles ; Joanna's Story: The Gift of Breathing ; David's Story: Untangled Knots.
  • Eric's Story: "I'm Outta Here!" Prayers, Meditations, and Reflections ; Constancy and Wonder ; The Unexpected ; When Things Fall Short ; Journaling ; Lighting a Candle ; Chapter 2: Heal Your Inner Healer ; Mary's Story: Final Blessing ; Evelyn's Story: Perseverance Personified.
  • Rachel's Story: Sometimes It Hurts Prayers, Meditations, and Reflections ; Reality Redefined ; Sometimes Things Drop into Your Lap ; Not What I Want, but What Is Best for the Patient ; Easy Exercises for Wonder ; Chapter 3: Keep Tragedy in Perspective ; Kathy's Story: Heart to Heart.
  • Brandon's Story: "How Much More of This Can I Take?" Prayers, Meditations, and Reflections ; Numbers and Patients: Keeping My Perspective ; Medicinal Powers ; Commitment Is a Process, Not an Event ; Chapter 4: See the Patient as a Person.
  • Raymond's Story: Enter This Room at Your Own Risk Liz's Story: No Transfusions! ; Prayers, Meditations, and Reflections ; Angels in Disguise ; Behind Every Diagnosis, There Is a Person ; In the Presence of the Divine ; All Persons Are Equal in the Eyes of Health Care.