The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine

Main Author: Cassell, Eric J., 1928-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10375085
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300 |a xx, 313 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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