Paging God Religion in the Halls of Medicine

Name: Paging God Religion in the Halls of Medicine
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ISBN: 9780226922119

ISBN-10: 0226922111

ISBN-13: 9780226922119

Edition: 2012

Authors: Wendy Cadge

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While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals. When three-quarters of Americans believe that God can cure people who have been given little or no chance of survival by their doctors, how do today’s technologically sophisticated health care organizations address spirituality and faith? Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, Wendy Cadge takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today’s doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.87" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Wendy Cadge is associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University and the author of Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America,also published by the University of Chicago Press.



Preface



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: Staffs 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


Appendix: Research Methods


Notes


References


Index