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On suffering : pathways to healing & health /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clarke, Beverley M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Professional-Patient Relations.
Pain.
Empathy.
Chronic Disease.
Stress, Psychological > therapy.
Stress, Psychological > etiology.
Pain > Treatment.
Pain > Physiological aspects.
Pain > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Suffering in medicine
  • Suffering is not pain
  • The power of religious and spiritual beliefs
  • Suffering and culture
  • Crises of suffering across the life span
  • The language of suffering
  • Medical-legal disclosure of suffering
  • Power differentials and suffering
  • How to assess suffering
  • Standards of care
  • Key components of suffering in chronic illness
  • The resolution of suffering
  • The roles of health care professionals
  • Habilitation and rehabilitation
  • The wounded spirit
  • Surviving and thriving.