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The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
Eric J. Cassell
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Description for The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
Paperback. This is a revised and expanded edition with three new chapters and a new preface summarizing the progress in the area of pain management. In addition, the argument will appeal to psychologists and psychiatrists interested in the nature of pain and suffering. Num Pages: 336 pages, numerous black and white photographs and line drawings. BIC Classification: MB; MMBP; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
This 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 physicians to relieve human suffering stretches back into antiquity. But what exactly is suffering? One patient with metastatic 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 minor problem - in little pain ... Read more
This 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 physicians to relieve human suffering stretches back into antiquity. But what exactly is suffering? One patient with metastatic 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 minor problem - in little pain ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780195156164
SKU
V9780195156164
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99-69
About Eric J. Cassell
Eric J Cassell is Clinical Professor of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and an attending physician at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He is a Fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hastings Center, as well as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a Master ... Read more
Reviews for The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
[The author's] position is humane and compassionate and willing to address that which scares many clinicians - uncertainty and imperfection. I highly recommend this thorough and thoughtful book to anyone who grapples with the problem of human suffering in the midst of illness.
Palliative Medicine, 18
Cassell's arguments and discussions are clear and logical and his style makes ... Read more
Palliative Medicine, 18
Cassell's arguments and discussions are clear and logical and his style makes ... Read more