Partners in Care

by Reklau, Frederick; Perry, R. Scott (CON); Marty, Martin E.

• ISBN13: 9781608996285
• ISBN10: 160899628X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Resource Pubns

Summary

The needs for and the benefits of holistic health care-care that extends to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of individuals-have been well known for 2,500 years or so. But still, to quote the late Rodney Dangerfield, some caregivers "don't get no respect." Fred Reklau is out to change that with this book, offered as an exploration of the synergies possible among those who care for persons. In the 1980s he wrote the theses that formed the core of this book. Since then they have helped many, in groups and singly, to see their work in a new light. Chaplains, pastors, parish nurses, lay caregivers, hospice workers-all will rejoice to read this heartfelt plea to elevate them to equal status with the vital care-giving services performed by physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other members of the medical professions. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Frederick Reklau served as a Lutheran pastor-the last nine as a trained intentional interim pastor-for over forty years, most of them in Chicago and its suburbs. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Cure may occur without healing; healing may occur without cure	p. 1
Cure separates body from soul; healing embraces the whole	p. 9
Cure isolates; healing incorporates	p. 19
Cure costs; healing enhances	p. 28
Cure combats sickness; healing fosters wellness	p. 31
Cure fosters function; healing fosters purpose	p. 36
Cure alters what is; healing offers what might be	p. 39
Cure is an act; healing is a process	p. 46
Cure acts upon another; healing shares with a sister, a brother	p. 53
Cure manages; healing touches	p. 58
Cure seeks to conquer pain; healing seeks to transcend pain	p. 64
Cure avoids grief; healing assumes grief	p. 71
Cure encounters mystery as a challenge for understanding; healing encounters mystery as a channel for meaning	p. 76
Cure rejects death and views it as defeat; healing includes death among the blessed outcomes of care	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 86
Discussion guide	p. 87
Theses	p. 121
Bibliography	p. 125
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