Maureen A. Flannery

At times of passage we realize that God does not leave us alone, but sends caregivers to accompany us and assist us on our journey. This pamphlet invites Quaker professionals, healers, and nurturers to a way of practicing professionalism that both reclaims the wisdom in our Quaker tradition and affirms what is of value in alternative secular models. (Pendle Hill website).

At times of passage, God does not leave us alone, but sends caregivers to accompany us and assist us on our journey. This pamphlet invites Quaker professionals, healers, and nurturers to a way of practicing professionalism that both reclaims the wisdom in Quaker tradition and affirms what is of value in alternative secular models.

This is a very interesting and useful discussion of a Quaker approach to "professional" work. She declares that Friends need an approach to professionalism that values real authority, service, and empathy, and addresses Friends' concerns about power, detachment, and specialization. She describes her own approach to her work as a doctor, and the support, discernment, and oversight that she needs.

Considerations of class, status. and detachment versus empathy, openness, and attention to Spirit in the practice of the helping professions. Particularly relevant to a central current of contemporary Quaker employment.