Compassion in healthcare : pilgrimage, practice, and civic life / Joshua Hodern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodern, Joshua, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

'Compassion in Healthcare' gives an account of the nature and content of compassion and its role in healthcare based on notions of pilgrimage and civic life. Drawing on the author's real-world collaborations, the book proposes strategies for an improved understanding of compassionate relationships in healthcare practice.

Contents:

Cover

Compassion in Healthcare: Pilgrimage, Practice, and Civic Life

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

I. The State of Healthcare

Social theory and policy problems

II. A Cautionary Tale

III. The Mode of This Enquiry

IV. The Argument

V. Some Distinctions

VI. Why Compassion in Healthcare?

VII. A Guide to Reading

Chapter 1: What's Wrong with 'Compassion'?

I. The Trouble with Compassion

II. Politics, Healthcare, and Affections

Compassion and institutions

Compassion and patriotism

III. Compassion under Pressure

Compassion as an unreasonable demand

Compassion as indeterminate

Compassion as acquiescence

Compassion and burn-out

Compassion decomposed

Compassion and social death

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Compassion and Peregrinatio

I. Peregrinatio: On Pilgrims and Wayfarers

II. Peregrinatio and Healthcare

III. Peregrinatio and Therapy

The healing of the affections

Responsibility, therapy, and theodicy

Professionals as healers

Chapter 3: Compassion's Nature

I. Compassion as Cognitive

II. Compassion as Cognitive Affectivity

Compassion and consent

III. Compassion as Intercorporeal

IV. Compassion as Alleviative

V. Compassion as Persuasive

Criticism and abuse

VI. Compassion as a Virtue?

VII. Persons, Virtue, and Narrative

Chapter 4: Compassion in Civic Life

I. Contests and Questions for Civic Life

II. Civic Life Described

III. Collaborative Deliberation and Existential Journeys

IV. Civic Life as Associative

V. Civic Life and 'Secular' Compassion

VI. Compassion, 'Plurality', and Disagreement

VII. Civic Life and Healthcare Professionals

Democratic professionalism

Conclusion: Faithful Secularity in Healthcare

Chapter 5: Compassion and Time

I. Hope in Contested Times

II. Narrative and Persuasion

III. The Life-Course

The life-course in politics and theology

The life-course in health policy and practice

IV. The Life-Course, Tragedy, and Christ

Time and tragedy

Nussbaum and tragedy

Excursus: time for enlightenment and conversation

Christian theology and tragedy

Tragedy and compassion

Tragedy and character

V. Time Suspended and Reconciled

Chapter 6: Compassion and Responsibility

I. Responsibility: Problems and Practice

Rationing, professional identity, and fault

Responsibility and healing

II. Compassionate, Collaborative Deliberation

Shared decision-making and 'collaborative deliberation'

Risk, consent, and compassion

III. Faithful Secularity and Responsibility

'The undeserving sick' and 'the obstinate sick'?

'The sad sick'

IV. 'Now My Eye Sees You': Theodicy and Compassion

The 'friends'

God's personal presence

Joy, hope, and union

Remonstration, integration, and accompaniment

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-250827-X

0-19-183332-0

0-19-250826-1