The Physician's Covenant, Second Edition: Images of the Healer in Medical Ethics / Edition 2

by William F. May

Overview

In this book, William May considers the images that shape the convictions and daily practice of the physician—images that can order experience and present the practitioner with imperatives by which to live. This updated edition will once again challenge physicians, students, and teachers of medical ethics to reach a deeper understanding of the physician's place in society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664222741
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/2000
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William F. May is Cary M. Maguire Professor Emeritus at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. He is the author of The Patient's Ordeal and Testing the Medical Covenant.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the second edition	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
1	Parent	29
2	Fighter	59
3	Technician	89
4	The Physician's Covenant	112
5	Teacher	155
6	Covenanted Institutions	182
7	A Covenanted Health Care System	210
	Notes	235
	Index	245