SPAUD 599: Midterm Prep – Reading Highlights
§ Dad = questioning if God is interested in humans and how he could let people "go down the
course we've gone down for so long" and questions if God listens to prayers (Jewish people got
silence in return) - calls in unsuccessful
· The idea of protesting prayer when we can't inform/persuade Him about anything
§ Son = argues that we cannot understand everything
· Jesus suffers with us in our suffering and wants to redeem our pain
· Petitionary prayer = involves the "power to influence" that God gives us to facilitate freedom,
our personhood, and thus a real, loving relationship with Him
o We lack the broader perspective necessary to understand - correct answer ✔✔ Letters From a
Skeptic, Boyd & Boyd
§ Professor told him he was in the wrong room
§ Affirmative action, attending Duke as a black man and most patients in charity hospitals being
black - correct answer ✔✔ Black Man in a White Coat, Tweedy [Ch. 1]
§ "Good counseling skills are best achieved thru a focus on helper congruence and helper self-
care rather than on counseling technique" (pg. 13)
§ Annie Sullivan Syndrome = dysfunctional helping relationship
§ How to be a good counselor:
· Reframe events, take care of yourself, need a constant self-awareness and have a deep interest
in helping other, find experiences to "recalibrate" - correct answer ✔✔ Helping the Helper,
Luterman
, § Blind man in a hospital, doctor watches him and admires
§ The man grabs the plate of eggs and throws it against the wall and laughs - correct answer
✔✔ The Discus Thrower, Selzer
§ How Faith Structures Practice
§ Christians and non- are often united in their views on morals, showing concern and respect for
the client
· Not different in how they provide care, but differing in the perspective/reasoning in why they
are doing things
§ We should expect that what is revealed thru creation is revealed thru redemption available in
Christ (would look similar to the world)
§ How Faith Qualifies Morality:
· Faith shapes and qualifies our character as moral agents
· Faith shapes our perspectives as moral agents
· Faith shapes our values as moral agents
§ Doubleness = goodness and tragedy
§ Lamentation - correct answer ✔✔ Narrative Medicine as Witness for the Self-Telling Body, Rita
Charon
§ Bioethics: nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice (procedural and distributive)
§ Dad = questioning if God is interested in humans and how he could let people "go down the
course we've gone down for so long" and questions if God listens to prayers (Jewish people got
silence in return) - calls in unsuccessful
· The idea of protesting prayer when we can't inform/persuade Him about anything
§ Son = argues that we cannot understand everything
· Jesus suffers with us in our suffering and wants to redeem our pain
· Petitionary prayer = involves the "power to influence" that God gives us to facilitate freedom,
our personhood, and thus a real, loving relationship with Him
o We lack the broader perspective necessary to understand - correct answer ✔✔ Letters From a
Skeptic, Boyd & Boyd
§ Professor told him he was in the wrong room
§ Affirmative action, attending Duke as a black man and most patients in charity hospitals being
black - correct answer ✔✔ Black Man in a White Coat, Tweedy [Ch. 1]
§ "Good counseling skills are best achieved thru a focus on helper congruence and helper self-
care rather than on counseling technique" (pg. 13)
§ Annie Sullivan Syndrome = dysfunctional helping relationship
§ How to be a good counselor:
· Reframe events, take care of yourself, need a constant self-awareness and have a deep interest
in helping other, find experiences to "recalibrate" - correct answer ✔✔ Helping the Helper,
Luterman
, § Blind man in a hospital, doctor watches him and admires
§ The man grabs the plate of eggs and throws it against the wall and laughs - correct answer
✔✔ The Discus Thrower, Selzer
§ How Faith Structures Practice
§ Christians and non- are often united in their views on morals, showing concern and respect for
the client
· Not different in how they provide care, but differing in the perspective/reasoning in why they
are doing things
§ We should expect that what is revealed thru creation is revealed thru redemption available in
Christ (would look similar to the world)
§ How Faith Qualifies Morality:
· Faith shapes and qualifies our character as moral agents
· Faith shapes our perspectives as moral agents
· Faith shapes our values as moral agents
§ Doubleness = goodness and tragedy
§ Lamentation - correct answer ✔✔ Narrative Medicine as Witness for the Self-Telling Body, Rita
Charon
§ Bioethics: nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice (procedural and distributive)
