Medicine and religion: Wild strawberries

This chapter uses the film Wild Strawberries (1957) to set the stage for a discussion of the engagement of religion and spirituality in medicine and health care. The film tells the story of a road journey taken by 76-year-old Professor Izak Borg (Victor Sjostrom), from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree, during which he reviews his life via a series of dreams and relationships. The film offers an opportunity to share in the life review and self-examination of a distinguished physician as the surrounding world honors him. Such accolades challenge him to scrutinize his interior sense of self more circumspectly than in the past while managing a busy career.

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Author Keith G. Meador Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...