EBOOK Healers:Extraordinary Clinicians at Work

In this groundbreaking volume, David Schenck and Larry Churchill present the        results of fifty interviews with practitioners identified by their peers as        "e;healers,"e; exploring in depth the things that the best clinicians do. They focus on        specific actions that exceptional healers perform to improve their relationships        with their patients and, subsequently, improve their patients' overall health. The        authors analyze the ritual structure and spiritual meaning of these healing skills,        as well as their scientific basis, and offer a new, more holistic interpretation of        the "e;placebo effect."e; Recognizing that the best healers are also people who know how        to care for themselves, the authors describe activities that these clinicians have        chosen to promote wellness, wholeness and healing in their own lives. The final        chapter explores the deep connections between the mastery of healing skills and the        mastery of what the authors call the "e;skills of ethics."e; They argue that ethics        should be considered a healing art, alongside the art of medicine.