A Place of Healing
Subtitle: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780192632388
Subjects: Faith healing & religious therapy; Health systems & services; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Caregiving; Emergency Medicine; Medical / Terminal Care; Holistic Medicine; Alternative treatment; Dying; Pain; Palliative treatment; Terminal Care
First sentence: This was how a young Polish man dying with cancer replied to a question posed by his social worker.
Description: "One of the most significant healthcare advances in the latter part of the twentieth century has been the development of the specialty of palliative care. The specialty traditionally draws on the successes of the Western medical model in developing innovative means of controlling pain where cure is not possible." "The author of this book argues that while the medical model of palliative care has undoubted strengths in easing pain, there are nevertheless limitations. In particular, while its practitioners are undoubtedly dedicated to the alleviation of suffering, the model itself is limited in its ability to alleviate the psychological and spiritual suffering that often accompanies terminal illness, and thus in helping patients in their total experience of illness."

"Drawing on the ancient rites of Asklepian healing, Dr. Kearney looks at the mythology underlying this approach and examines the contemporary relevance of these ideas in terms of healthcare and education. He concludes by proposing a new model for the healing of suffering in healthcare which draws on the best practice of both traditions."--Jacket.