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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817778003321

Titolo

The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society / / editors, Leighton E. Cluff, Robert H. Binstock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore ; ; London : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7500-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

CluffLeighton E

BinstockRobert H

Disciplina

362.1023

Soggetti

Care of the sick

Medical care

Nursing home care

Terminal care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I CARING AND THE POPULATIONS IN NEED OF IT; 1 Our Need for Caring; 2 Who Needs Caring?; 3 Caring and Mental Illness; II THE PROVISION OF CARING; 4 A History of Caring in Medicine; 5 Forces Affecting Caring by Physicians; 6 Caring and Medical Education; 7 Caring in Institutional Settings; 8 Home- and Community-Based Care; 9 Caring and Community-Based Voluntary Organizations; III ASSESSMENTS OF CARING; 10 Appraising the Success of Caring; 11 The Politics of Caring; SUMMARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, clinician Cluff and social scientist Binstock bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals, families, communities, and society.--From publisher description