Cassell, Eric J.,  1928- <br/><br/>
The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine / 
Eric J. Cassell. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  c1991. 
 - xx, 313 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195156161 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002156416 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--Philosophy.<br/>Suffering.<br/>Physician and patient.<br/>Palliative treatment.<br/>Philosophy, Medical.<br/>Chronic Disease--therapy.<br/>Pain--therapy.<br/>Palliative Care--methods.<br/>Physician-Patient Relations.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R723  / .C42828 1991 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610/.1 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 61  / C344n 2003