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EBOOK Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199882649
EAN: FF041D11EB
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Stron: 336
Data wydania: 2004
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This is a revised and expanded edtion of a classic in palliative medicine,        originally published in 1991. With three added chapters and a new preface        summarizing our progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-hve for        those in palliative medicine and hospice care.The obligation of physicians to        relieve human suffering stretches back into antiquity. But what exactly, is        suffering? One patient with metastic cancer of the stomach, from which he knew he        would shortly die, said he was not suffering. Another, someone who had been operated        on for a mior problem--in little pain and not seemingly distressed--said that even        coming into the hospital had been a source of pain and not suffering. With such        varied responses to the problem of suffering, inevitable questions arise. Is it the        doctor's responsibility to treat the disease or the patient? And what is the        relationship between suffering and the goals of medicine?According to Dr. Eric        Cassell, these are crucial questions, but unfortunately, have remained only queries        void of adequate solutions. It is time for the sick person, Cassell believes, to be        not merely an important concern for physicians but the central focus of medicine.          With this in mind, Cassell argues for an understanding of what changes should be        made in order to successfully treat the sick while alleviating suffering, and how to        actually go about making these changes with the methods and training techniques        firmly rooted in the doctor's relationship with the patient.Dr. Cassell offers an        incisive critique of the approach of modern medicine. Drawing on a number of        evocative patient narratives, he writes that the goal of medicine must be to treat        an individual's suffering, and not just the disease. In addition, Cassell's        thoughtful and incisive argument will appeal to psychologists and psychiatrists        interested in the nature of pain and suffering.

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