TY  - BOOK
TI  - Health/medicine and the faith traditions: an inquiry into religion and medicine 
SN  - 0800616367
AV  - BT 732 H349 1982
PY  - 1982///
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - MEDICINE AND CHRISTIANITY
KW  - ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES
KW  - PASTORAL MEDICINE
KW  - MEDICAL ETHICS
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Foreword --
Introduction --

Part one: the sociocultural context --
1. Tradition and the traditions in health/medicine and religion --
2. The intertwining of religion and health/medicine in culture: a view through the disciplines --

Part two: the historical setting --
3. Medicine and religion: Pre-Christian antiquity --
4. Medicine and religion: early Christianity through the middle ages --
5. Medicine and Christianity in the modern world --

Part three: A philosophical perspective --
6. Understanding faith traditions in the context of health care: philosophy as a guide for the perplexed --

Part four: theological perspectives --
7. Topics at the interface of medicine and theology --
8. Theological foundations of medical ethics --

Part five: medical perspective s--
9. Preventive medicine and religion: opportunities and obstacles --
10. Religion and medicine: the physician's perspective --


Part six: Pastoral perspectives --
11. Religion and medicine: the physician's perspective --
12. The hospital chaplain between worlds
ER  -