Paging God :
Cadge, Wendy,
Paging God : religion in the halls of medicine / Wendy Cadge. - Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, [2012] - xii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780226922102 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226922103 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226922119 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0226922111 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2012021906
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Chaplains, Hospital--United States.
Hospitals--Sociological aspects.
R725.55 / .C33 2012
362.11
Paging God : religion in the halls of medicine / Wendy Cadge. - Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, [2012] - xii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780226922102 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226922103 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226922119 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0226922111 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2012021906
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Chaplains, Hospital--United States.
Hospitals--Sociological aspects.
R725.55 / .C33 2012
362.11