Whole person care : a new paradigm for the 21st century / Tom A. Hutchinson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutchinson, Tom A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holistic medicine.

Alternative medicine.

Integrated delivery of health care.

Medicine, Popular.

Fear of death.

Holistic Health.

History, 21st Century.

Medical Subjects:

Holistic Health.

History, 21st Century.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 234 pages : illustrations ( some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2011]

Summary:

A ground-breaking new volume and the first of its kind to concisely outline and explicate the emerging field of whole person care process, Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century organizes the disparate strains of literature on the topic. It does so by clarifying the concept of "whole person" and also by outlining the challenges and opportunities that death anxiety poses to the practice of whole person care. Whole person care seeks to study, understand and promote the role of health care in relieving suffering and promoting healing in acute and chronic illness as a complement to the disease focus of biomedicine. The focus is on the whole person-physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. Using concise, easy-to-read language, the early chapters offer practitioners a thorough understanding of the concepts, skills and tools necessary for the practice of whole person care from a clinician-patient interaction standpoint, while the last two chapters review the myriad implications of whole person care for medical practice. An invaluable resource for all areas of medical practice and for practitioners at all stages of development, from medical students to physicians and allied health providers with many years of experience, Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century will have a profound impact on western medical practice in North America and elsewhere. Book jacket.

Contents:

Whole person care / Tom A. Hutchinson

Suffering, whole person care, and the goals of medicine / Eric J. Cassell

The healing journey / Tom A. Hutchinson, Balfour M. Mount, and Michael Kearney

The challenge of medical dichotomies and the congruent physician-patient relationship in medicine / Tom A. Hutchinson and James R. Brawer

Separation-attachment theory in illness and the role of the healthcare practitioner / Gregory Fricchione

Empathy, compassion, and the goals of medicine / Stephen Liben

Mindfulness and whole person care / Patricia L. Dobkins

Healing, wounding, and the language of medicine / Abraham Fuks

Death anxiety: the challenge and the promise of whole person care / Sheldon Solomon and Krista Lawlor

Whole person self-care: self-care from the inside out / Michael Kearney and Radhule Weininger

Prevention and whole person care / Tom A. Hutchinson

Whole person care and complementary and alternative therapies / Mary Grossman

Spiritual dimensions of whole person care / Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian

Whole person care and the revolution in genetics / David S. Rosenblatt and Jennifer Fitzpatrick

Whole person care on a busy medical ward / Gordon L. Crelinsten

Teaching whole person care in medical school / Helen McNamara and J. Donald Boudreau

Whole person care, professionalism, and the medical mandate / Richard L. Cruess and Sylvia R. Cruess

Whole person care: conclusions / Tom A. Hutchinson

Appendix: the nature of persons and clinical medicine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441994394

1441994394

9781441994400

1441994408

OCLC:

744711215