The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine /

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This is a revised and expanded edtion 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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cassell, Eric J., 1928-2021
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Medicine > Philosophy.
Suffering.
Physician and patient.
Palliative treatment.
Goal (Psychology)
Patient participation.
Philosophy, Medical
Medicine
Patients > psychology
Physician's Role
Stress, Psychological
Palliative Care
Pain Management
Chronic Disease > therapy
Palliative Care > methods
Physician-Patient Relations
Dehumanization
Ethics, Medical
Goals
Patient Participation
Personhood
Médecine > Philosophie.
Souffrance.
Relations médecin-patient.
Soins palliatifs.
Stress.
Déshumanisation.
Éthique médicale.
But (Psychologie)
Participation des patients.
Patient participation
Medicine > Philosophy
Palliative treatment
Physician and patient
Suffering
Arts-patiënt-relatie.
Patiënten.
Lijden.
Geneeskunde.
Filosofische aspecten.
Palliatieve behandeling.
Analgesie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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