The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine

Author(s)

• Cassell, Eric J.

Bibliographic Information

The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine

Eric J. Cassell

Oxford University Press, c2004

2nd ed

• : pbk

Other Title

The nature of suffering

The nature of suffering, and the goals of medicine

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index

Contents of Works

• 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

Details

• NCID: BA75312439
• ISBN:
  • 9780195156164
• LCCN: 2002156416
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 313 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 490.1
  • LCC : R723
  • NLM : W 61
  • DC21 : 610/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medicine -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Suffering
  • LCSH : Physician and patient
  • LCSH : Palliative treatment
  • MESH : Philosophy, Medical
  • MESH : Chronic Disease -- therapy
  • MESH : Pain -- therapy
  • MESH : Palliative Care -- methods
  • MESH : Physician-Patient Relations