A curated library for Christian faith and the practice of medicine.
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
To be healthy is literally to be whole; to heal is to make whole.— Wendell Berry, Health is Membership
Only health professionals who are grateful can be joyful. To be joyful is to be attentive to the profound meaning of the privilege or serving the sick and to be grateful for that privilege.— Daniel P. Sulmasy, The Healer's Calling
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
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
The physician's basic pledge is not to cure, but to care .— Stanley Hauerwas, Why Medicine Needs the Church
Health can never be anything other than a secondary good.— Margaret E. Morhmann, Medicine as Ministry
Health is to be sought in and for God, not instead of God.— Margaret E. Mohrmann, Medicine as Ministry
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
Health-seeking behavior is not death prevention; it is life enhancement.— Margaret E. Mohrmann, Medicine as Ministry
