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This book explores the distinctives that Christians bring to their professional practice. Starting with theological perspectives on nursing practice, personhood, health and healing, the authors explore the values and interpersonal ethics that underpin a consistent Christian ethic of nursing. They go on to look at how these values are worked...
This book aims to present an overview of religious groups to help deliver sensitive care to patients. The first three chapters provide a more theoretical justification as to why this should be necessary in contemporary Britain. The rest of the volume is a well-organised list of stereotypical attitudes and behaviour. ...
Imagine working in a country where 77% of people want their physician to address their spiritual concerns, 61% say that faith is the most important influence in their lives and almost 50% want their physician to pray with them. That country is the United States of America. Faith, Spirituality,...
Research has long been regarded as an aid to advancement in medicine. Indeed, in some disciplines it is almost a necessity. It is therefore not surprising that individuals have been tempted to falsify the reports of their research, given the increasingly competitive nature of medical careers. There have been well-reported...
'I've just about had enough. I'm getting out!' How many times have we heard this? How often have we thought it? In Britain, we so often hear of stress, burnout and posttraumatic stress disorder. Healthcare professionals are not the only ones to witness one tragedy too many or simply to...
The prospect of working every night for a week is daunting to say the least! After working nights in several specialties as a GP trainee, I offer these thoughts and coping strategies in the hope of reducing anxiety for anyone starting out on weeks of nights. Why nights? The creation of weeks...
One of the best things about working in the same practice for many years is the fact that some of your patients become your friends. Conversely, people you originally knew as fellow neighbours and churchgoers eventually turn up in your consulting room. This presents interesting challenges to the traditional doctor-patient...
'What are the editors of a once fine journal of medical knowledge doing, to let such an opinion piece be published?'asks one reader.[1] Another despairs that,'After 30 years of reading the BMJ, Savulescu's article was the first to make me feel physically sick'.[2] The cause of the avalanche of protest...
It is an immense privilege to pursue a career in medicine: few careers are more sought after or respected. The history of our profession is marked by countless men and women who have strived selflessly to serve the needs of their fellow men, through long years of study and tiring...
