My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The breadth of coverage is superb. I'm glad a church in Eastern Pennsylvania had this book on its recommendation list. Cutillo covers history, terminology, and medicalization, but my main takeaway continues to be making sure that all the data doesn't replace the need for personal care and treatment. Of course, as a patient, and not a medical professional, my job is to be humble and to listen to advice, to get the required tests and present myself for proper investigation, and to keep fit as much as possible. It's a good read.
His mixing of faith (religion) and science is very carefully written and easy to follow. In fact, I finished the book after a hospital colonoscopy the other day. This is a very good read and helpful to anyone living in uncertain times (which is always!).
I liked the quote, “A fatal mistake in pursuing health and practising medicine is thinking we have no destiny beyond this world. Although the church herself at times struggles to remember, no other institution is better able to remind us that hope does not lie in the nostalgia of the past, the realities of the present, or the certainties of a calculated future “ — Dr Bob Cutillo
