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UNINA9910819922703321 |
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Autore |
Cassell Eric J. <1928-2021.> |
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Titolo |
The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine / / Eric J. Cassell |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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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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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine - Philosophy |
Suffering |
Physician and patient |
Palliative treatment |
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Formato |
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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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a revised and expanded edition 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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