#116 The art of healthcare
With Dr Paul Coulter
The idea that medicine is an art runs from the thought of Aristotle through the Hippocratic Oath into modern times. But there is much confusion over what the art of healthcare is and how it relates to scientific knowledge.
This is more than a theoretical issue – it makes a real difference to how we think of our patients, our relationships with them, the nature of health and the shape of excellent care.
This webinar will consider some deficient understandings of the art of healthcare and will propose an integrative understanding that is thoroughly evidence based but more than merely scientific.
Dr Paul Coulter
Paul lives in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, with his wife and two teenaged children. As Executive Director of Christianity in Society, he encourages Christ-centred thinking and living through consultancy and training in evangelism, leadership and pastoral care. He also teaches in four theological colleges and for churches and conferences across Ireland and beyond. Author of eight books, he blogs and podcasts regularly. His ministry draws on experience working as a medical doctor, lay magistrate and lecturer in theology, as well as in youth work, cross-cultural pastoral ministry, and charity management. For recreation he enjoys walking hills, writing poetry, and reading history.
