caa a22 4500 475816552 CHVBK 20180406123811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004686624118 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004686624118 Epperly Bruce Georgetown University, Washington, DC aut Prayer, Process, and the Future of Medicine [Elektronische Daten] [Bruce Epperly] The wall of separation between spirituality and medicine is crumbling. Physicians are discovering the importance of prayer, spirituality, and religious participation in enhancing physical and mental health and responding to stressful life circumstances. A new metaphysical model is needed to replace the dualistic Cartesian-Newtonian model that has undergirded modern biomedicine. The process-relational metaphysics, influenced by the seminal thought of Alfred North Whitehead, is a fruitful alternative model for the future partnership of spirituality and medicine. A process-relational metaphysic supports this new partnership through its affirmation of (1) the relational nature of life, (2) the essential relatedness of mind, body, and spirit, (3) the multifactorial nature of causation in terms of health and illness, and (4) the affirmation of creativity and the redefinition of divine and human power in terms of partnership. This new metaphysical foundation provides a basis for including spiritual concerns in the care of patients, the education of physicians, and in professional self-care. Physicians are called to be partners with their patients, nurturing their own spiritual well-being even as they care for the spiritual well-being of their patients. Blanton-Peale Institute, 2000 Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/1(2000-03-01), 23-37 0022-4197 39:1<23 2000 39 10943 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004686624118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004686624118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Epperly Bruce Georgetown University, Washington, DC aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/1(2000-03-01), 23-37 0022-4197 39:1<23 2000 39 10943 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer