Spirituality, healing, and medicine : return to the silence / / David Aldridge
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| Autore: |
Aldridge David <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Spirituality, healing, and medicine : return to the silence / / David Aldridge
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615.8/52 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Religious aspects |
| Spiritual healing | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Spirituality, Healing and Medicine: Return to the Silence -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Healing narratives in the context of a performed life -- 2 Meaning, purpose and power -- 3 Religion: The everyday forms of spiritual life -- 4 Lifestyle, charismatic ideology and a praxis aesthetic -- 5 Lost and found: The perpetual story -- 6 Prayer and healing -- 7 Pluralism and treatment: Healing initiatives and authority -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Aldridge evaluates the existing literature from across the disciplines to ascertain just how effective spiritual healing may be on the patient's well-being. He encourages us to redefine treatment strategies and our understanding of health, and argues that the spiritual elements of experience help the patient to find purpose, meaning and hope. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Spirituality, healing, and medicine |
| ISBN: | 1-280-40776-X |
| 9786610407767 | |
| 1-84642-221-3 | |
| 1-4175-5385-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810793503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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