The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society
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The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
- : hardcover
Available at 22 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In The Lost Art of Caring, Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., and Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., 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.
Table of Contents
Contents: I Caring and the Populations in Need of It Our Need for Caring: Vulnerability and Illness Who Needs Caring? Caring and Mental Illness II The Provision of Caring A History of Caring in Medicine Forces Affecting Caring by Physicians Caring and Medical Education Caring in Institutional Settings Home and Community-Based Care: Toward a Caring Paradigm Caring and Community-Based Voluntary Organizations III Assessments of Caring Appraising the Success of Caring The Politics of Caring
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