Medicine as Ministry: Reflections on Suffering, Ethics, and Hope

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In this profoundly theological reflection on illness, healing, and the doctor-patient relationship, pediatrician Margaret Mohrmann bridges the sometimes disparate worlds of medicine and faith, of high technology and ultimate concern.

Drawing on her two decades of experience treating children who suffer from disease and dysfunction, the author movingly reveals the temptations of idolatry that beset our understanding of health and life, the intrinsic connectedness underlying all medical encounters, and the difficulties and riches of using scripture as a moral resource.