Relief for the Body, Renewal for the Soul: A Doctor's True Stories of Healing and Hope - Softcover

Morris, G. Scott, M.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557252696 ISBN 13: 9781557252692

Publisher: Paraclete Pr, 2001

Synopsis

A collection of inspiring true stories in the tradition of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series shares a doctor's mission to serve the poor in Memphis, Tennessee, as a minister for the Church Health Center. Original.

About this title

From Booklist:

Morris, a physician and a Methodist minister, founded the Church Health Clinic in a poor section of Memphis to care for the bodies and the souls of those who had no other place to go. He tells 14 stories of the clinic's patients, but not as an impersonal stream of medical cases. For he individuates all his subjects, black and white, old and young, Cambodian, Mexican, and Polish immigrants and U.S. natives. He ends each story with observations about what he learned as a doctor and as a minister from experiencing it. Incidentally, he shows that his subjects live in a society able to provide an astonishing variety of services, thanks to Morris' experience, sympathy, and broad network of resources for specialized medical treatment, social-work assistance, and financial and political support. When a new patient arrives, Morris' first step is to learn the patient's background and current life circumstances; and after diagnosis, medical treatment can be punctuated by Morris' presiding at weddings and funerals. William Beatty
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Review:

"Not all the stories have...happy endings, but all are testaments to what God can do working through dedicated disciples..." -- CBA Marketplace

Each story is related with the gentle and humble spirit that has allowed Morris to understand his patients' life circumstances. -- Journal of Christian Nursing

About this edition

• Publisher: Paraclete Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1557252696
• ISBN 13: 9781557252692
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144