Rongo Univesity Library catalog › Details for: The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine

by Cassell, Eric J.,

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Edition statement:2nd ed. Published by : Oxford University Press, (New York :) Physical details: xx, 313 p. : ill.

Subject(s): Medicine -- Philosophy. | Suffering. | Physician and patient. | Palliative treatment. | Electronic books.

Year: 2004

Online resources:

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10375085
- An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 0 )
Title notes ( 3 )
Comments ( 0 )

No physical items for this record

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.