Paging God : religion in the halls of medicine / Wendy Cadge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cadge, Wendy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Religious aspects.

Medicine.

Chaplains, Hospital--United States.

Chaplains, Hospital.

Hospitals--Sociological aspects.

Hospitals.

Religion and Medicine.

Spiritual Therapies.

Chaplaincy Service, Hospital.

Pastoral Care.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Religion and Medicine.

Spiritual Therapies.

Chaplaincy Service, Hospital.

Pastoral Care.

Physical Description:

xii, 293 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]

Summary:

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 and spirituality. From chapels to intensive care units to the morgue, hospital caregivers speak directly in these pages about how religion is part of their daily work in visible and invisible ways. -- Book Cover.

Contents:

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 : staff's 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780226922102

0226922103

9780226922119

0226922111

OCLC:

783150257