The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine (Häftad)
avEric J. Cassell
ISBN: 9780195156164 - UTGIVEN: 2003-08This is a revised and expanded edition of a classic in palliative medicine, originally pulished in 1991. With three new chapters and a new preface summarizing the progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-have for those in palliative medicine and hospice care. The obligation of physici[...]
Doctoring (Häftad)
avEric J. Cassell
ISBN: 9780195158625 - UTGIVEN: 2002-10American medicine attracts some of the brightest and most motivated people the country has to offer, and it boasts the most advanced medical technology in the world, a wondrous parade of machines and techniques such as PET scans, MRI, angioplasty, endoscopy, bypasses, organ transplants, and much mor[...]
The Nature of Healing (Inbunden)
avEric J. Cassell
ISBN: 9780195369052 - UTGIVEN: 2012-12Currently and for centuries past, sickness has been understood to be primarily the physical result of bodily disease. Yet this definition of illness is out-of-date and untrue to life at a time when chronic illness and the problems of disability and aging are increasingly common. When persons are sic[...]
Between Heaven and Hell (Häftad)
avEric J. Cassell
ISBN: 9780199945412 - UTGIVEN: 2012-01A recent Pew survey of American Muslims found that the majority (56 percent) believed that "many religions" can lead to Paradise; only one-third held that Islam "is the one, true faith leading to eternal life." Ours is a world of ever-increasing interconnectedness. More and more Muslims today work [...]
Healer's Art, THE: New Approach to the Doctor-patient Relationship (Övrig)
avEric J. Cassell
ISBN: 9780262530620 - UTGIVEN: 1985-03-15Beyond drugs, beyond technology, there will always be the human element, "the healer's art." Dr. Cassell discusses the world of the sick, the healing connection and healer's battle, the role of omnipotence in the healer's art, illness and disease, and overcoming the fear of death.Eric J. Cassell, M.[...]
