Separation Anxiety Between
Religion and Medicine:
Reclaiming the Sacred Dimensions of Healing
Meet the Authors
James Campbell, Ph.D.,
is a medical sociologist and the Director
of Research in the University of Missouri-Columbia's
Department of Family and Community Medicine.
He teaches courses on patient care issues
and clinical research. Dr. Campbell has done
research on collaborative practice between
nurse practitioners and family physicians;
quality of life and the end-stage renal disease
patient; the introduction of telemedicine
in rural health care practices; the initiation
of prenatal care; elder abuse; geriatrics;
spiritual assessment among family physicians,
medical students, and residents; and the assessment
of elderly patients in rural areas. He is
currently the editor of the journal Annals
of Behavioral Science and Medical Education.
Dr. Campbell is a core faculty member affiliated
with the Center for Religion, the Professions,
and the Public.
David Fleming, M.D.,
is an Associate Professor of Medicine and
Director of the Center for Health Ethics at
the University of Missouri-Columbia. His broad
areas of expertise include internal medicine,
health ethics, geriatrics, telehealth, end-of-life
care, and home care for the elderly. He has
also published and given presentations addressing
end-of-life care and the ethical concerns
in the use of telehealth technology in the
care and treatment of vulnerable populations.
Board certified in both internal medicine
and geriatrics, Dr. Fleming practiced as a
community-based internist for 20 years prior
to returning to academic medicine in 1995.
In 2001 he completed a primary care research
fellowship in the Center for Clinical Bioethics
and the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown
University, while also completing graduate
studies in ethics and the professions in the
schools of Philosophy and Liberal Studies.
In 2001 he returned to the University of Missouri
to direct the newly formed Center for Health
Ethics.
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