On suffering
Subtitle: pathways to healing and health
By: Beverley M. Clarke
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781611680287; 9781611680058; 9781611680102
Subjects: Psychological Stress; Pain; Etiology; Empathy; Therapy; Treatment; Psychological aspects; Physiological aspects; Professional-Patient Relations; Chronic Disease
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Suffering in medicine; title: Suffering is not pain; title: The power of religious and spiritual beliefs; title: Suffering and culture; title: Crises of suffering across the life span; title: The language of suffering; title: Medical-legal disclosure of suffering; title: Power differentials and suffering; title: How to assess suffering; title: Standards of care; title: Key components of suffering in chronic illness; title: The resolution of suffering; title: The roles of health care professionals; title: Habilitation and rehabilitation; title: The wounded spirit; title: Surviving and thriving.