From the dawn of human history God has created loving souls and blessed each with the 'imago dei' - the very image and likeness of God. By grace God endows those in the health care professions with the means and methods of healing. Only through a just system of health care can Jesus' promise of life abundant (John 10:10b) be visited upon all persons.
--The Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of the Churches of christ in the USA (2002)