Word: faithful
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...phrase confused me, and I read it over and over again. A faith-based initiative? The author could have written “to ensure that curriculum reform is not based on unproven methods,” or any number of different formulations. He seems to use the term “faith-based” to contrast with “evidence-based.” And in doing that, he stumbled upon a contemporary idiom, “faith-based initiatives.” He didn’t have to employ an idiom that, for so many...
...culture of the medical school is secular, with relatively little discussion of faith in social medicine and patient-doctor courses. From my experience, acknowledging a patient’s or a caregiver’s faith in actual hospital care almost never happens...
Furthermore, faith animates and sustains the work of many medical students, doctors, and nurses. For many of us, the medical duty to serve others and the faith-based call to treat others as we would treat ourselves are mutually reinforcing missions. That doesn’t mean, of course, that we agree with right-wing calls to avoid secular institutions and erase the boundary between church and state...
...doctor to admit that she doesn’t believe in God and doesn’t feel at ease praying with the patient. That attending is an exceptionally capable and compassionate physician. But she’s probably uncomfortable with dealing with the role of faith in death and disease. And that discomfort is all too common...
Many of us are absolutely committed both to our faith and to our work and education at secular institutions. And our patients, in huge numbers, turn to their God in moments of crisis. The medical school needs to acknowledge all this more openly and more consistently...