The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine / / Eric J. Cassell
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 610/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Philosophy |
| Suffering | |
| Physician and patient | |
| Palliative treatment | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The nature of suffering |
| ISBN: | 1-280-50243-6 |
| 0-19-974800-4 | |
| 9786610502431 | |
| 1-60256-743-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819922703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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