Shelly, Judith Allen.

Called to care a Christian worldview for nursing / [electronic resource] : Judith Allen Shelly and Arlene B. Miller. - 2nd ed., Rev. and expanded. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (304 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references.

Caring & the Christian story -- Revolution in the nursing paradigm -- A Christian worldview for nursing -- What does it mean to be human? -- The person as a spiritual being -- The person as a cultural being -- The seen environment -- The unseen environment -- A storied environment -- Working toward Shalom -- Hope in suffering -- The paradox of death -- Nursing as Christian caring -- Spiritual care -- Looking to the future.

"In the newly revised and expanded Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing, Judith Allen Shelly and Arlene B. Miller define nursing for today based on a historically and theologically grounded understanding of the nurse's call. Called to Care asserts that nursing is a vocation, giving nurses a framework for understanding their mission and living out their calling: service to God through caring for others."--BOOK JACKET.

9780830874668 (electronic bk.) 0830874666 (electronic bk.)


Nursing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Nursing--Philosophy.
Christian life.
Philosophy, Nursing.
Christianity.
Religion and Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine
MEDICAL / Atlases
MEDICAL / Essays
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine
MEDICAL / Osteopathy


Electronic books.

RT85.2 / .S538 2006

610.73

2006 D-381 WY 86 / S545c 2006