Grant Nursing the Spirit

Care, Public Life, and the Dignity of Vulnerable Strangers
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55365-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Don Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Don

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Religion and Care of the Stranger
2. The History of Caritas in Health Care
3. Craft Versions of Religious Authority
4. Second-Guessing Talk About Spirituality
5. Pathways to Spiritual Meaning and Emotional Dead Ends
6. Styles of Spiritual Care
7. Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Storytelling
8. Restoring the Sanctity Once Bestowed on Humanity
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Don Grant is professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, where he is a fellow at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute and directs the Social Innovation and Care, Health, and Resilience programs. He is also a recently ordained minister in the United Church of Christ who works with communities to design programs that address injustices revealed by the pandemic and climate crisis. Grant is a coauthor of Super Polluters: Tackling the World’s Largest Sites of Climate-Disrupting Emissions (Columbia, 2020).