Spirituality, healing, and medicine : return to the silence /
"The spiritual factors associated with healing are increaingly being acknowledged by modern medicine. Our definition of what constitutes health has expanded beyond the purely medical, yet the delivery of modern medicine to the patient often fails to take this into account. Doctors, anthropologi...
| Основен автор: | Aldridge, David, 1947- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=117496 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Spirituality, healing, and medicine. |
| Резюме: |
"The spiritual factors associated with healing are increaingly being acknowledged by modern medicine. Our definition of what constitutes health has expanded beyond the purely medical, yet the delivery of modern medicine to the patient often fails to take this into account. Doctors, anthropologists, psychologists and sociologists have all written on the subject, but thus far the literature has been fragmented between the disciplines." "David Aldridge presents the first unified approach to the subject. In Spirituality, Healing and Medicine he evaluates the existing literature from across the disciplines to ascertain just how effective and influential spiritual healing may be on the patient's physical and psychological well-being. He encourages us to redefine treatment strategies and the ways in which we understand health, and argues that the spiritual elements of experience help the patient to find purpose, meaning and hope in the face of sickness. It is in the understanding of suffering and the need for deliverance from it, he suggests, that the traditions and aims of medicine and spirituality meet."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
1417553855 9781417553853 1846422213 9781846422218 9781853025549 1853025542 |