Healers: Extraordinary Clinicians at Work

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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Healing in Health Care: Eight Things the Best Clinicians Do; 2. Medical Rituals: Organizing the Healing Elements; 3. How Healing Happens: Reports from the Field; 4. Healing Traditions: The Role of Religion and Spirituality; 5. Patient Perspectives: Healing from the Other Side of the Bed Rail; 6. The Biology of Healing: Neuroscience and the Education of Healers; 7. Healing Thyself: Clinicians Talk about Their Own Healing Practices; 8. Ethics and Medicine: Healing the Wounds of Fate; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P.;In this groundbreaking volume, David Schenck and Larry Churchill present the results of fifty interviews with practitioners identified by their peers as ""healers, "" exploring in depth the things that the best clinicians do. They focus on specific actions that exceptional healers perform to improve their relationships with their patients and, subsequently, improve their patients' overall health. The authors analyze the ritual structure and spiritual meaning of these healing skills, as well as their scientific basis, and offer a new, more holistic interpretation of the ""placebo effect."" Recog. Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Healing in Health Care: Eight Things the Best Clinicians Do 2. Medical Rituals: Organizing the Healing Elements 3. How Healing Happens: Reports from the Field 4. Healing Traditions: The Role of Religion and Spirituality 5. Patient Perspectives: Healing from the Other Side of the Bed Rail 6. The Biology of Healing: Neuroscience and the Education of Healers 7. Healing Thyself: Clinicians Talk about Their Own Healing Practices 8. Ethics and Medicine: Healing the Wounds of Fate Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P. QR S T U V W X Y Z.