In groundbreaking fashion, physician and lay minister Pat Fosarelli provides this quick reference and how-to manual for pastors and church groups charged with the care of families facing difficult situations. Each chapter in this one-of-a-kind resource opens with a vignette illustrating a complex and prevalent problem facing families today and continues with a presentation of facts and figures about the problem and an outline of the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges that are posed for family members. Immediate, suitable responses to these problems are proposed for pastors, church boards, and individuals committed to the care of families. In addition to its user-friendly format, this book includes a listing of resources to obtain even more information and an area for readers to write the names of resources in their own communities.

Family Ministry Desk Reference

Religion & Spirituality

Fosarelli, Patricia D.

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster/John Knox Press

Dr. Fosarelli explains it very well in her Introduction: There is a need for a book of this type because there is so very little available for pastoral visitors (ordained or lay) who may be called to represent their churches at the besides of children and adolescents....We do not minister most effectively unless we meet children and their families 'whare they are' and to do that well, we need to know something about the emotional and spiritual developmental stages of children (and their families) in health and disease. Includes suggested prayers and prayer services.

Whatever You Do for the Least of These

Parenting & Relationships

Liguori Pubns

Surveys over 150 diseases and disorders commonly encountered in the paediatric (neonate to adolescent) patient, in an outline format. Among the topics covered are new diagnostic and treatment approaches to the child with meningitis, the febrile infant, and the treatment of acute and chronic asthma.

Pediatric Pearls: The Handbook of Practical Pediatrics

Rosenstein, Beryl J.

Medical Books

Mosby, Inc.

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