The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care

by Daniel P. Sulmasy

Book Overview

According to physician and philosopher Daniel Sulmasy postmodern thought, in which philosophical and theological universals are questioned and ethics is left up for grabs, has sickened the doctor-patient relationship. But the ill, he claims, are rebelling--they seek a medicine that treats them as persons, full of dignity, along with a renewed form of health care that does not abandon the goods of science, but also does not eschew the mystical. Medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589010957
• ISBN13: 9781589010956
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary