PDF-(READ)-The Body Of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, And The Church (Radical Traditions)

In The Body of Compassion Joel Shuman presents an important new theological treatment of contemporary bioethics weaving together personal experience a critical treatise on contemporary bioethics and an exploration of a Christian theological alternativeThe author first draws the reader into a consideration of the current state of bioethics by relating the story of his grandfather a hardworking family man who died a solitary death unaccompanied by loved ones in the unfamiliar and sterile world of a hospital Troubled by the way his grandfather died Shuman takes the reader along as he explores how modern medicine has distanced itself from dealing with people as living beings beyond their immediate physicality He examines how various approaches to bioethics over the past twenty years have tried to remedy this problem by prescribing certain standards for treatment and how each of these ultimately has fallen short due to the lack of a teleological concern for the bodyie to trying to understand what the body is actually for in a larger context From this point Shuman deftly moves to a discussion of the centrality of the body to Christianity focusing on how baptism participation in the liturgy and the partaking of the Eucharist all serve to unite Christians as one in the body of Christ For Christians the author argues the body does not just belong to the individual but rather is one with the community of the Church With this in mind Shuman proposes a new kind of bioethics for Christians where care for the body of Christ becomes the model of how we should care for and receive care from each otherThis fresh and thoughtprovoking book is sure to be of interest to ethicists medical professionals and everyone who is troubled by places where science and religion intersect and seem to conflict. 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Moving beyond theory into practical application, she explores the Elements, known as the Five Phases and the Panchamahabhutas, and how they affect our well-being. She provides tools for self-assessment including a primer on tongue diagnosis and a mental, emotional, and physical constitutional questionnaire. Offering treatment and prevention strategies that draw from both disciplines, she encourages the reader to implement an integrated practice of these two systems in daily life or clinical practice. She details breathing exercises, dietary regimens, herbal recommendations, and guides for detoxification, including safe and gentle home cleanses, all rooted in the holistic synergy between Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Sharing case studies that highlight the interconnectedness of these approaches, Shea provides a comprehensive guide for self-healing of body, mind, and spirit and a practitioner’s resource to cross-reference complex questions with respect to both healing traditions. Just what is a human being? Who counts? The answers to these questions are crucial when one is faced with the ethical issue of taking human life. Today in every corner of the world men and women are willing to kill others under the guise of race, class, quality of life, sex, property, nationalism, security or religion. In this affirmation of the intrinsic personal dignity and inviolability of every human individual, Kavanaugh denies that it can ever be moral to intentionally kill another. Ethics and Law in Modern Medicine is a unique book that explores the field of medical ethics and health care decision-making through hypothetical case studies. The truly unique feature of this volume is that each chapter sets forth a hypothetical fact pattern which includes role assignments to encourage participants to actively take part in group discussions and debate the controversial and cutting-edge topics that are presented. Each chapter includes in-depth discussion questions which thoroughly explore issues raised by the hypothetical fact patterns, and suggested readings provide background for participants. Additionally, the volume contains excerpts from key statutes and case law which govern the decision-making process presented in each chapter. The volume covers a wide variety of issues including HIV, the health care rights of minors, consent and confidentiality, assisted reproductive technology, property rights in bodily organs, research ethics, religious freedom and the right to refuse care, rationing of scarce resources, surrogate decision-making, and several other traditional as well as unique ethical, legal, and social issues. Today\'s medicine is spiritually deflated and morally adrift this book explains why and offers an ethical framework to renew and guide practitioners in fulfilling their profession to heal.What is medicine and what is it for? What does it mean to be a good doctor? Answers to these questions are essential both to the practice of medicine and to understanding the moral norms that shape that practice. The Way of Medicine articulates and defends an account of medicine and medical ethics meant to challenge the reigning provider of services model, in which clinicians eschew any claim to know what is good for a patient and instead offer an array of health care services for the sake of the patient\'s subjective well-being. Against this trend, Farr Curlin and Christopher Tollefsen call for practitioners to recover what they call the Way of Medicine, which offers physicians both a path out of the provider of services model and also the moral resources necessary to resist the various political, institutional, and cultural forces that constantly push practitioners and patients into thinking of their relationship in terms of economic exchange.Curlin and Tollefsen offer an accessible account of the ancient ethical tradition from which contemporary medicine and bioethics has departed. Their investigation, drawing on the scholarship of Leon Kass, Alasdair MacIntyre, and John Finnis, leads them to explore the nature of medicine as a practice, health as the end of medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, the rule of double effect in medical practice, and a number of clinical ethical issues from the beginning of life to its end. In the final chapter, the authors take up debates about conscience in medicine, arguing that rather than pretending to not know what is good for patients, physicians should contend conscientiously for the patient\'s health and, in so doing, contend conscientiously for good medicine. The Way of Medicine is an intellectually serious yet accessible exploration of medical practice written for medical students, health care professionals, and students and scholars of bioethics and medical ethics. Just what is a human being? Who counts? The answers to these questions are crucial when one is faced with the ethical issue of taking human life. Today in every corner of the world men and women are willing to kill others under the guise of race, class, quality of life, sex, property, nationalism, security or religion. In this affirmation of the intrinsic personal dignity and inviolability of every human individual, Kavanaugh denies that it can ever be moral to intentionally kill another. The real crisis in medicine today is not about economics, insurance, or managed care--it\'s about the loss of the fundamental human relationship between doctor and patient. In this wise and passionate book, one of our most eminent physicians reacquaints us with a classic notion often overlooked in modern medicine: health care with a human face, in which the time-honored art of healing guides doctors in their approach to patient care and their use of medical technology.Drawing on four decades of practice as a cardiologist and a vast knowledge of literature and medical history, Dr. Lown probes the heart and soul of the doctor-patient relationship. Insightful and accessible to all, The Lost Art of Healing describes how true healers use sympathetic listening and touch to hone their diagnostic skills, how language affects the perception of illness, how doctors and patients can cultivate a relationship of trust, and how patients can obtain the most complete and beneficial care through a combination of healing techniques and conventional practices. As Dr. Lown explains, the art of healing does not mean abandoning the spectacular advances of modern science, but rather incorporating them into a sensitive, humane, enlightened approach to medical care. With its urgent message and poignant, fascinating vignettes, The Lost Art of Healing is a book of vital, universal importance.