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On suffering [electronic resource] : pathways to healing & health / Beverley M. Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Beverley M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pain--Psychological aspects.
- Pain.
- Pain--Physiological aspects.
- Pain--Treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Other Title:
- On suffering : pathways to healing and health
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first book to address issues of suffering as separate from pain that require psychologically and culturally sensitive interventions
- Contents:
- Suffering in medicine
- Suffering is not pain
- The power of religious and spiritual beliefs
- Suffering and culture
- Crises of suffering across the life span
- The language of suffering
- Medical-legal disclosure of suffering
- Power differentials and suffering
- How to assess suffering
- Standards of care
- Key components of suffering in chronic illness
- The resolution of suffering
- The roles of health care professionals
- Habilitation and rehabilitation
- The wounded spirit
- Surviving and thriving.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-87510-1
- 1-61168-010-7
- OCLC:
- 742514623
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