Healing is on many peoples’ minds today. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of other disruptions and disasters many of us feel that we need healing - in our personal lives, for the environment and for our planet. However, healing is rarely defined, and is not an accepted part of medicine in the West.
This book examines the relationship between healing and medicine through the eyes of an academic physician who changed his interests from biomedical research to healing late in his medical career. It is based on his experiences and stories of his encounters with patients, practitioners and others for whom healing has had a particular significance, as well as his rigorous research into the subject.
A central theme of the book is that modern medicine needs to be more pluralistic in its approach to health, and accept that spirituality and healing techniques have roles to play alongside scientific medicine, which currently has its base in materialism alone.
Professor Paul DieppeBSc, MD, FRCP, FFPH is an Emeritus professor at the Universities of both Exeter and Bristol in the UK. He qualified as a doctor in 1970 and his past roles have included Professor of Rheumatology and subsequently Director of Research and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Bristol University; Director of the MRC Health
Professor Paul DieppeBSc, MD, FRCP, FFPH is an Emeritus professor at the Universities of both Exeter and Bristol in the UK. He qualified as a doctor in 1970 and his past roles have included Professor of Rheumatology and subsequently Director of Research and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Bristol University; Director of the MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, and then Professor of Health and Wellbeing in Exeter. He has published more than 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored or co-authored several medical books. He is based in Bristol, UK.
Ms Cinder Hypki, M.S., is an artist, educator, writer, and editor. Her work as a community-based artist facilitates creative expression for community building, celebration and healing through creative workshop design and public projects. She aids non-profit organizations, neighbourhoods, groups, and individuals in their efforts to creat
Ms Cinder Hypki, M.S., is an artist, educator, writer, and editor. Her work as a community-based artist facilitates creative expression for community building, celebration and healing through creative workshop design and public projects. She aids non-profit organizations, neighbourhoods, groups, and individuals in their efforts to create thriving communities and to build a sense of place, purpose, and joy. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A, she has taught at Maryland Institute College of Art for nearly a decade. Recent book projects include editing Drawing in the Dark and authoring Far Field Farm: Stories of a Sturdy Dream.
This picture was drawn by a member of the public when asked the question “what does the word healing mean to you? Please draw the first image that comes into your head”. When asked what the image represented they said that it was wholeness – integrity of mind body and spirit.
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