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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, [2012]Description: xii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226922102 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 0226922103 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226922119 (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • 0226922111 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.11 23
LOC classification:
  • R725.55 .C33 2012
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.
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books R 725.55 .C33 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21987 Available AUA21987

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.

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.