Doctor and patient. Illness and cure. A pair we can never untangle—and one that continues to haunt us, demanding that medicine be a promise of salvation, and that physicians never stop believing in themselves, their calling, and when they have it, their faith.
Written by a renowned transplant surgeon reflecting on his own practice and struggles, this book examines medicine as a profession and charts a new vision of healing—one where market logic often collides with patient welfare. Marino asks how we can hold fast to faith and moral principle while science and technology advance at breathtaking speed. How do we recover the profession's lost values? The book sounds an alarm and offers many angles on the evolution of our society and the urgent need to integrate faith with the ethical questions that face us every day.
Valeria Spinola, 2006
