Paging God : religion in the halls of medicine / Wendy Cadge.
By: Cadge, Wendy [author.].
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]Description: xii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226922119 (paperback : alkaline paper).Subject(s): Medicine -- Religious aspects | Chaplains, Hospital -- United States | Hospitals -- Sociological aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 362.11| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R725.55 .C33 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005079 |
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.