Medicine of the Person: Faith, Science And Values in Health Care Provision

241 Pages·2006·0.85 MB·English

by  Julia Neuberger, John L. Cox, Alastair V. Campbell

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Medicine of the Person
Faith, Science and Values in Health Care
Provision
Edited by John Cox, Alastair V. Campbell
and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford
Foreword by Julia Neuberger
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD 9
Julia Neuberger, House of Lords, London
PREFACE 11
John Cox, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 15
Chapter 1 Introduction: At the Heart of Healing 17
Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford, Universities of Oxford and Warwick,
Alastair V. Campbell, University of Singapore, and
John Cox, University of Keele
PART 1 – Medicine of the Person: Paul Tournier's Vision
Chapter 2 The Man and His Message 33
Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer, Paul Tournier Association,
Switzerland, and John Cox, University of Keele
Chapter 3 Retaining the Person in Medical Science 46
Bernard Rüedi, Formerly Universities of Lausanne and
Neuchâtel
Chapter 4 The Bible and Medical Practice 56
John Clark, Paul Tournier Research Project
at Exeter University
Chapter 5 The Value of Values – Do They Go Deep
Enough? 70
Martin Conway, Formerly of Sely Oak Coleges, Birmingham
PART 2 – Faith Traditions and Medicine of the Person
Chapter 6 The Christian Tradition of Spiritual
Direction as a Sketch for a Strong
Theology of Diversity 83
Robert Atwell, St Mary’s, Primrose Hill, London
and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford, Universities of Oxford
and Warwick
Chapter 7 Personhood in Health Care: Jewish
Approaches 96
Claire Hilton, Central and North West London Mental
Health NHS Trust and Michael Hilton, Kol Chai Hatch End
Jewish Community, London
Chapter 8 The Individual Versus the Family:
An Islamic and Traditional Societies
Perspective 110
Ahmed Okasha, Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams
University, Cairo
Chapter 9 Hindu and Ayurvedic Understandings
of the Person 125
Dinesh Bhugra, Institute of Psychiatry, London
PART 3 – Medicine of the Person in Contemporary
Practice
Chapter 10 Spirituality and Mental Health: Practical
Proposals for Action 141
Peter Gilbert, National Institute for Mental Health in
England and Staffordshire University
Chapter 11 Beyond the Solitude for Two: Justice,
Theology and General Practice 156
Thierry Collaud, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Chapter 12 Spirituality and Care: A Public Health
Perspective 171
Tom Fryers, University of Leicester
Chapter 13 The Re-Emergence of Home Health
Care: A Holistic Response to Aging
and Consumer Empowerment 189
Mike Magee, Medical Humanities Initiative, New York
Chapter 14 Neuroscience and Belief: A Christian
Perspective 207
Andrew Sims, University of Leeds
BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 229
SUBJECT INDEX 232
AUTHOR INDEX 237