Medicine & compassion
Subtitle: a Tibetan Lama and an American doctor on how to provide care with compassion & wisdom
By: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche & David R. Shlim, M.D. ; Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang ; Foreword by Harvey Fineberg & Donald Fineberg
Contributors: Shlim, David R., author; Kunsang, Erik Pema, translator
Edition: 3 [edition].
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Medicine; Buddhism; Compassion; Doctrines
Work titles: Medicine & compassion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human Nature; title: The Causes of Suffering; title: What Patients Are Looking For; title: Combining Wisdom and Compassion; title: Impermanence, the Body, and the Senses; title: Dualistic Thinking and Why It Is Important; title: Conceptual and Nonconceptual Compassion; title: Training. What Does It Mean to Be a Spiritual Practitioner?; title: Developing a Compassionate Attitude; title: The Key to Compassion; title: Learning to Meditate; title: Learning to Monitor Our Mental State; title: The Qualities of an Authentic Teacher; title: Examples of Enlightened Resolve; title: The Need for a Teacher; title: Different Kinds of Teachers; title: Cultivating a Calm Mind; title: Practical advice. The Best Possible Care; title: Coping with Difficult Patients and Situations; title: Easing the Process of Dying; title: The True Meaning of Death with Dignity; title: Tibetan Medicine.