Can faith help patients heal? Veteran doctor reveals what he’s witnessed firsthand
Additionally, the book incorporates historical accounts, including an interview with Dr. David Gens, a lead surgeon who treated President Ronald Reagan following his 1981 assassination attempt. Gens detailed emergency room triage decisions, Secret Service dynamics and Reagan’s recovery.
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Siegel also discusses the origins of Alcoholics Anonymous, focusing on co-founder Bill Wilson’s spiritual awakening at Towns Hospital in New York and the peer-support model that followed.
Siegel emphasizes that while faith and prayer do not replace clinical care or guarantee survival, spirituality remains a key factor in patient resilience.
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“Spirituality affects outcomes because it’s a prerequisite to the courage to overcome,” Siegel said. “Great doctoring helps enormously, but prayer and hope give patients the strength to keep fighting.”
“The Angels Among Us” is available for pre-order.
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