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Humanity in healthcare : the heart and soul of medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barritt, Peter (Peter William)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Seattle : Radcliffe, [2005]
Subjects:	Philosophy, Medical. Humanities. Medicine in Literature. Social Medicine. Medicine and the humanities. Sick in literature. Social medicine.

Table of Contents:

The philosophy of healthcare
The art of seeing
The politics of health
Suffering and spirituality
The illness experience in literature
Chronic illness and the sociology of disability
Mental illness and the poetry of despair
Narratives of abuse
Dances with death
The history of healing
The dynamics of healing
Uncertainty, bewilderment and mystery
Compassion
Professional fulfilment
Professional fulfilment
Professional virtue