TY  - GEN
T1  - The nature of suffering : and the goals of medicine
A1  - Cassell, Eric J., 1928-2021
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 1994
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm62334366
AB  - The Nature of Suffering underscores the change that is taking place in medicine from a basic concern with disease to a greater focus on the sick person. Cassell centers his discussion on the problem of suffering because, he says, its recognition and relief are a test of the adequacy of any system of medicine. He describes what suffering is and its relationship to the sick person: bodies do not suffer, people do. An exclusive concern with scientific knowledge of the body and disease, therefore, impedes an understanding of suffering and diminishes the care of the suffering patient. The growing c.
OP  - 254
CN  - R723 .C42828 1994eb
SN  - 9780198021940
SN  - 0198021941
SN  - 019508912X
SN  - 0195052226
KW  - Medicine : Philosophy.
KW  - Suffering.
KW  - Physician and patient.
KW  - Chronic Disease : therapy
KW  - Philosophy, Medical
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - Médecine : Philosophie.
KW  - Souffrance.
KW  - Relations médecin-patient.
KW  - MEDICAL : Family & General Practice.
KW  - MEDICAL : Osteopathy.
KW  - MEDICAL.
KW  - MEDICAL : Holistic Medicine.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Reference.
KW  - MEDICAL : Essays.
KW  - MEDICAL : Alternative Medicine.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Holism.
KW  - Medicine : Philosophy
KW  - Physician and patient
KW  - Suffering
ER  -