Paging God : religion in the halls of medicine / Wendy Cadge.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]Description: xii, 293 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226922102 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226922103 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226922119 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 0226922111 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R 725.55 .C33 2012
Contents:
In the beginning : a tour -- Looking back : glimpses of religion and spirituality in the history of academic medical centers -- From symbols to silence : the design and use of hospital chapels -- Wholeness, presence, and hope : the perspectives of hospital chaplains -- Essential or optional? : how hospitals shape the professional tasks of chaplains -- Spirituality and religion in intensive care : staff's perspectives and professional responses -- Why sickness and death? : religion and spirituality in the ways intensive care unit staff make meaning -- Managing death : the personal and institutional 'dirty work' of chaplains -- Conclusion : looking forward.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.

In the beginning : a tour -- Looking back : glimpses of religion and spirituality in the history of academic medical centers -- From symbols to silence : the design and use of hospital chapels -- Wholeness, presence, and hope : the perspectives of hospital chaplains -- Essential or optional? : how hospitals shape the professional tasks of chaplains -- Spirituality and religion in intensive care : staff's perspectives and professional responses -- Why sickness and death? : religion and spirituality in the ways intensive care unit staff make meaning -- Managing death : the personal and institutional 'dirty work' of chaplains -- Conclusion : looking forward.

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