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Titolo: | The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society / / editors, Leighton E. Cluff, Robert H. Binstock |
Pubblicazione: | Baltimore ; ; London : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 362.1023 |
Soggetto topico: | Care of the sick |
Medical care | |
Nursing home care | |
Terminal care | |
Altri autori: | CluffLeighton E BinstockRobert H |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The lost art of caring |
ISBN: | 0-8018-7500-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780197003321 |
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