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Author:

Cassell, Eric J., 1928-

Title:

The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine / Eric J. Cassell.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--Philosophy
Suffering.
Physician and patient.
Palliative Treatment.
Philosophy, Medical.
Chronic Disease--therapy
Pain--Therapy.
Palliative Care--methods.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Médecine--Philosophie.
Souffrance.
Relations médecin-patient.
Soins palliatifs.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

9780195156164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195156161 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51278448
(OCoLC)55622570

LCCN:

2002156416

Locations:

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)