Meaning in Suffering
Subtitle: Caring Practices in the Health Professions (Interpretive Studies in Healthcare)
Contributors: Nancy Johnston (Editor); Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: April 11, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780299222543
Subjects: Health systems & services; Nursing sociology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Emergency Medicine; Nursing - Issues; Nursing - Research & Theory; Medical / Pain Medicine; Caregiving; Pain Medicine; Medical care; Suffering; Terminal care
Description: Collectively, these essays demonstrate that understanding the suffering of the "other" reveals something vital about the moral courage required to heal, and stay humane, in the face of suffering.