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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819922703321

Autore

Cassell Eric J. <1928-2021.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-50243-6

0-19-974800-4

9786610502431

1-60256-743-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

610/.1

Soggetti

Medicine - Philosophy

Suffering

Physician and patient

Palliative treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.