Christian Medicine

by Christopher Kolker M.D.

Overview

Are you one of hundreds of millions across the globe who suffer from chronic illnesses every day? Do you seek medical care for relief, only to find a partial response, at best? And do you wonder if your faith can play a greater role in real healing?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, Christian Medicine can be a life-changing book for you. Christian Medicine explores the role of faith, science, and medicine to begin to answer the challenge of integrating faith into our medical health and treatments.

Conventional medicine treats complex medical issues as a series of mechanical problems of the body: if we have a problem, there should either be a chemical or mechanical treatment to fix that problem. While this view works well for minor medical issues, increasing research shows that complex medical issues such as anxiety, depression, and pain from a variety of sources cannot be treated well in such a simple manner.

Christian Medicine goes further in depth to explore a more comprehensive treatment of these complex medical issues. By putting faith first, and acknowledging the need for treatment of these issues on a mental, physical, social, and spiritual level, Christian Medicine demonstrates a more holistic and complete way to better overall health.

By using the treatments, ideas, and methods shown in this book, patients suffering from a variety of illnesses have the best chance at improving their quality of life, wherever they are in their physical health. Christian Medicine shows that faith permeates all, including our physical and mental health, and that faith can be used both to glorify His name and to better treat those who suffer.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156681785
Publisher:	Page Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	11/12/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	622 KB

About the Author

Dr. Christopher Kolker is a board-certified family practice physician. He graduated from Rhodes College in 1991 with a BA in psychology, where he received numerous awards, including the Phi Beta Kappa key. After being awarded an MD/PhD fellowship at the University of Oklahoma, he graduated from there with a doctorate in medicine in 1996, receiving a PMTC scholarship there. He then completed his internship and residency at Saint Anthony Family Practice Residency in Oklahoma City in 1999, becoming board certified in family medicine that same year.

Furthermore, Dr. Kolker received board certification in integrative and holistic medicine in 2005 from the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. In 2009 Dr. Kolker also received board certification as a Christian counselor from the American Association of Christian Counselors. Finally, in 2012, Dr. Kolker received certification in hospice and palliative medicine from the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Kolker currently serves as a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Quinnipiac University and as a clinical associate faculty member at the University of Saint Joseph. Dr. Kolker is also a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, their highest honor. He currently practices in Connecticut, using techniques, philosophies, and teachings from all of the above disciplines.