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
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
Medicine is there to restore what can be restored of health so that the person can continue to seek the fullness of life.— 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
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
One might well ask whether we desire to live in order to live healthily and well, or whether we desire to be healthy and virtuous merely in order to stay alive.— Leon Kass, Regarding the End of Medicine and the Pursuit of Health
To be healthy is literally to be whole; to heal is to make whole.— Wendell Berry, Health is Membership
When people become illnesses all sorts of unpleasant things can happen. You don't listen to or respect illnesses, but you do persons.— John Swinton, Interview with NorthPark University
