Book Review: One Hundred Prayers: God's answer to prayer in a COVID ICU

By Anthony Eckshar MD

One Hundred Prayers: God's answer to prayer in a Covid ICU
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The book is a very moving and spell-binding collection of the encounters between patients and physicians during the worst of the COVID-19 epidemic and Dr. Eckshar’s prayers for each of them. A devout person can read this as a prayer devotional; however, it is much more - an authentic account of what doctors and nurses go through working in the ICU. This book might help encourage people who are searching for faith, especially those who face severe illnesses in themselves or a loved one. It may also encourage doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who might have been burned out working during the pandemic. Its main message is that faith, compassion, and the scientific method must co-exist. It is also a great review of the history of COVID pandemic from the trenches of patient care in the ICU. For nonmedical people it  should provide a clue to how doctors and nurses think. Hopefully, this book will lift everyone up and instill deep admiration and respect for the ICU doctors and nurses, and perhaps teach you a little something about faith.

Richard A. Robbins MD

Editor, SWJPCCS

Cite as: Robbins RA. Book Review: One Hundred Prayers: God's answer to prayer in a Covid ICU. Sodsuthwest J Pulm Crit Care Sleep. 2023;27(1):14. doi: https://doi.org/10.13175/swjpccs032-23 PDF