The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassell, Eric J., 1928-2021, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Philosophy.

Medicine.

Suffering.

Physician and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi,254p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines the stated philosophy of modern medical practice and contrasts it with the types and quality of care actually delivered.

Contents:

Ideas in conflict; 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; Epilogue: the care of the suffering patient.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770772-6

1-4237-3478-5

0-19-802194-1

1-281-34671-3

1-60256-626-7

OCLC:

936913620