A curated library for Christian faith and the practice of medicine.
Abortion is not a question about the law, but about what kind of people we are to be as the church and as Christians.— Stanley Hauerwas Abortion, Theologically Understood
Health-seeking behavior is not death prevention; it is life enhancement.— Margaret E. Mohrmann, Medicine as Ministry
Health can never be anything other than a secondary good.— Margaret E. Morhmann, Medicine as Ministry
Health care, in the final analysis, is not about results... Health care is about being there with people in their finitude and doubt, in their pain and uncertainty.— Daniel P. Sulmasy The Healer's Calling
Just as you should not to attempt to cure the eyes without curing the head, or the head without the body, neither should you attempt to cure the body without the soul.— Plato, Charmides
Christian ethics is personal; it is within that personal context that we must accomplish our tasks of ministry and healing.— Margaret E. Mohrmann, Medicine as Ministry
The physician's basic pledge is not to cure, but to care .— Stanley Hauerwas, Why Medicine Needs the Church
Along with all creation, medicine will ultimately be redeemed in the age to come. In the in-between time, it is our task to happily participate in God’s work.— Farr Curlin, How Shall We Then Practice
Person-centered care isn't really a method. It's just a way of being with people. Within healthcare systems we can become quite task-oriented and instrumental in our practices. The idea of person-centered care is simply a way of drawing our attention back to the centrality of the person.— John Swinton, Interview with NorthPark University
A doctor needs to convey the idea that 'I will always, always be there. I will be with you through the end. I will never abandon you.'— Abraham Verghese, Human Touch is Integral to the Art of Medicine
