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UNINA9910465807803321 |
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Cassell Eric J. <1928-2021.> |
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The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine [[electronic resource] /] / Eric J. Cassell |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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1-280-50243-6 |
0-19-974800-4 |
9786610502431 |
1-60256-743-3 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Medicine - Philosophy |
Suffering |
Physician and patient |
Palliative treatment |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index. |
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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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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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UNINA9910815577603321 |
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Autore |
Graham Thomas <1933-> |
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Disarmament sketches : three decades of arms control and international law / / Thomas Graham Jr |
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Seattle, : Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies, : University of Washington Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 362 p., [24] p. of plates ) |
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Collana |
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Donald R. Ellegood International Publications |
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Disciplina |
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Arms control - History |
Arms control - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Politics, Louisville and Washington, D.C. -- Chemical and biological weapons -- SALT I --SALT II, part one : the Nixon-Ford years -- SALT II, part two : the Carter years -- The Reagan revolution and the INF and START Treaties -- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty -- Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty -- Survival of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency -- Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- NPT aftermath and the end of ACDA. |
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