HEALING PURPOSE FINDING SATISFACTION IN A HEALTHCARE CAREER
October 7, 2025 RELIGION / Christian Living / Professional Growth 978-1-5140-1238-3, 216 pages, PBK, 6 x 9 inches, $24.99
Healthcare Rediscover Meaning in Your Healthcare Career Working in healthcare can be immensely satisfying, but it can also be challenging. As a doctor, nurse, dentist, therapist, or other practitioner, you find purpose in solving problems and helping sick people get better. In fact, that’s probably why you chose healthcare in the first place In Healing Purpose , physician and professor Mark Topazian helps you find satisfaction in your work by recognizing and embracing the spiritual aspects of your profession. He shows you how seeing God’s presence at the point of care can bring joy, enhance your effectiveness, and renew your sense of purpose as a healthcare professional. Healing Purpose: • Explores what the Bible says about health, sickness, suffering, and healing. • Provides techniques for connecting with the spiritual dimension of patient care. • Explains how spiritual resources can help counter work-related weariness. • Features discussion questions and practical exercises at the end of each chapter.
“. . . a sound context for those who desire to practice their noble professions to their full potential in promoting health and caring for the sick, in the way God intended.” Keith Michael, CEO of Healthcare Christian Fellowship International “ Healing Purpose provides much-needed insight and awareness regarding the importance of addressing our patients and ourselves as whole beings—mind, body, and spirit. Too often, we feel unprepared to assess and address the spiritual needs of others. We close off these parts of ourselves as burnout and compassion fatigue take hold. This book fills in the gaps and provides a primer for balanced, whole-person care. It sees each of us for all that we are.” Christy Secor, director and spiritual formation and prayer specialist for the Nurses Christian Fellowship
Mark Topazian is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine. He has practiced and taught at Yale University, at the Mayo Clinic, and in multiple sub-Saharan African countries. He is a regular speaker at the Global Missions Health Conference and a Saline Process trainer, coaching healthcare professionals on the integration of faith and medical practice.
“. . . (Mark possesses) authenticity and authority to speak for both science and faith. He has done so beautifully in this biblically grounded, scientifically accurate work that guides us and compels us to seek the wonderful wholeness that God has planned for us and those we serve.” Al Weir, author of When Your Doctor Has Bad News and former president of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations
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