Cassell, Eric J., 1928-
The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine [electronic resource] / Eric J. Cassell. - 2nd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xx, 313 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index.
Ideas in conflict: the rise and fall of new views of disease -- The changing concept of the ideal physician -- The nature of suffering -- Suffering in chronic illness -- The mysterious relationship between doctor and patient -- How to understand diseases -- The pursuit of disease or the care of the sick? -- Treating the disease, the body, or the patient -- The doctor and the patient -- Who is this person? -- The measure of the person -- The clinician's experience: power versus magic in medicine -- Mind and body -- The illness called dying -- Pain and suffering -- Epilogue: the care of the suffering patient.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Suffering.
Physician and patient.
Palliative treatment.
Electronic books.
R723 / .C42828 2004eb
610/.1
The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine [electronic resource] / Eric J. Cassell. - 2nd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xx, 313 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index.
Ideas in conflict: the rise and fall of new views of disease -- The changing concept of the ideal physician -- The nature of suffering -- Suffering in chronic illness -- The mysterious relationship between doctor and patient -- How to understand diseases -- The pursuit of disease or the care of the sick? -- Treating the disease, the body, or the patient -- The doctor and the patient -- Who is this person? -- The measure of the person -- The clinician's experience: power versus magic in medicine -- Mind and body -- The illness called dying -- Pain and suffering -- Epilogue: the care of the suffering patient.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Suffering.
Physician and patient.
Palliative treatment.
Electronic books.
R723 / .C42828 2004eb
610/.1