Is There a Place in Medicine For Divine Healing?
Posted on April 3, 2012
at 5:00 am
by Praying Medic /
GI bleed healed, medical ethics, Medicine and divine healing
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I looked at the registration sheet in the transfer packet. His religious preference indicated “ISL”. My patient was a follower of Islam. My heart sank. I thought, “There’s no way he’ll let me pray for him.” The unit secretary was still copying records, so it would be a while before we would transport him to another hospital for surgery. I went to his room to introduce myself. Crammed into a room slightly larger than a…