The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice

by John R. Peteet and Michael N D'Ambra

Book Overview

To what extent should spiritual information be part of a patient's medical assessment? How should physicians respond when patients refuse life-saving care on religious grounds? Should doctors pray with their patients? Questions such as these raise deeper ones about the goals of medicine and the nature of healing. In a set of engaging and candid essays, The Soul of Medicine explores the role and influence of spirituality in clinical practice,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421402998
• ISBN13: 9781421402994
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher