Professing Medicine Faithfully: Theological Resources for Trying Times
Mutually intensifying issues of commodification and medicalization plague the present day practice of medicine. Together they account for significant dissatisfaction among physicians, a diminishment of their sense of vocation, and recurring conflict about how best to meet both professional and relig...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2002
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Theology today
Year: 2002, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 355-368 |
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| Summary: | Mutually intensifying issues of commodification and medicalization plague the present day practice of medicine. Together they account for significant dissatisfaction among physicians, a diminishment of their sense of vocation, and recurring conflict about how best to meet both professional and religious commitments in their work. Theology can renew doctors' vocational focus on the centrality of the patient in the context of the call to neighbor-love, and can provide models of discernment for practioners seeking to learn what love requires in each unique medical encounter. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360205900302 |