The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine
Eric J. Cassell.
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Oxford University Press, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (336 p.)
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| Utgave | 2nd ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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.. - This is a revised and expanded edtion of a classic in palliative medicine, originally published in 1991. With three added chapters and a new preface summarizing our progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-have for those in palliative medicine and hospice care.
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| Emner | Medicine - Philosophy
Palliative treatment Physician and patient Suffering Vis mer... Chronic Disease - therapy
Pain Management Palliative Care - methods Philosophy, Medical Physician-Patient Relations smerteterapi palliativ behandling pasient lege medisin |
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| ISBN | 0195156161. - 9780195156164
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