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The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine / Eric J. Cassell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c1991.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195156161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610/.1 21
LOC classification:
  • R723 .C42828 1991
NLM classification:
  • W 61
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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