Doctor, will you pray for me? medicine, chaplains, and healing the whole person / Robert L. Klitzman.
| Author/creator | Klitzman, Robert |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] |
| Description | viii, 313 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "Disappearing into clouds of smoke" : Confronting threats to life -- Asking 'Why me?' and second-guessing God -- "Doctor, do you believe in God?" : Physicians facing spiritual and religious questions -- Amazing graces : How chaplains enter the room -- "Why has God let me down?" : Helping religious patients -- "I just look at sunsets and stars" : Aiding patients who are spiritual but not religious -- "The thousand kinds of atheism" : Assisting atheist, agnostic and uncertain patients -- "The most important moment in our lives" : Resetting priorities and further appreciating the present -- "I pray to the God I don't believe in" : Creating prayers -- "The voice of the voiceless" : Aiding vulnerable patients -- "We sang my son into Heaven" : Re-envisioning "heaven" and grief -- "When should we pull the plug?" : Aiding end-of-life decisions -- "Mommy, when I die..." : Helping parents and children -- How close or distant to be: Balancing and ending relationships with patients -- Seeing patients with fresh eyes -- "Which ditch do you want to die in?" : Chaplains vs. doctors -- When doctors cry : Assisting staff with stress -- "Doctor, will you pray for me?" : Improving doctors -- "More than just smiling and saying Jesus" : Improving chaplains -- Finding meaning and hope in a rapidly changing world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023050062 |
| ISBN | 9780197750841 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |