Description
Our identity in
Christ is the foundation for our efforts to provide excellent care for our
patients. Any attempt to artificially
separate our faith from our professional lives will be detrimental to both our
well-being and that of our patients. Our
faith may make us a bit “different” from our colleagues, but this is a
difference that God can use for His glory.
Additional Resourses:
The Way of Medicine. Ethics and the Healing Profession - Farr Curlin, Christopher Tollefsen
Contributors
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Farr Curlin, MD
Dr. Curlin is a Josiah Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke University. Dr. Curlin received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At Duke, Dr. Curlin practices hospice and palliative medicine, and he works with colleagues across the university to develop opportunities for education and scholarship at the intersection of theology, medicine and culture. He has authored more than one hundred and thirty articles and book chapters dealing with the moral and spiritual dimensions of medical practice. Dr. Curlin’s work focuses on the relevance of religious ideas and practices for the doctor-patient relationship, the moral and professional formation of clinicians, and care for patients at the end of life. Dr. Curlin has been a CMDA member since 2006.