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The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society / edited by Leighton E. Cluff and Robert H. Binstock.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.Description: xxi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0801865913
  • 9780801865916
  • 9780801874437
  • 0801874432
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Lost art of caring.DDC classification:
  • 362.1023 CLU 21
LOC classification:
  • RT42 .L67 2001
NLM classification:
  • 2001 H-991
  • W 84.1
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Contents:
Caring and the populations in need of it. Our need for caring: vulnerability and illness / Daniel Callahan ; Who needs caring? / A.E. Benjamin, Leighton E. Cluff ; Caring and mental illness / Burton V. Reifler, Nancy J. Cox -- The provision of caring. A history of caring in medicine / Joel D. Howell ; Forces affecting caring by physicians / Eric J. Cassell ; Caring and medical education / Kenneth M. Ludmerer and Renée C. Fox ; Caring in institutional settings / Mathy Mezey and Claire Fagin ; Home- and community-based care : toward a caring paradigm / Robyn I. Stone ; Caring and community-based voluntary organizations / Linda K. George -- Assessments of caring. Appraising the success of caring / Alvan R. Feinstein ; The politics of caring / Robert H. Binstock.
Summary: In this book, clinician Cluff and social scientist Binstock bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals, families, communities, and society.--From publisher description.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1023 CLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 224794

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Caring and the populations in need of it. Our need for caring: vulnerability and illness / Daniel Callahan ; Who needs caring? / A.E. Benjamin, Leighton E. Cluff ; Caring and mental illness / Burton V. Reifler, Nancy J. Cox -- The provision of caring. A history of caring in medicine / Joel D. Howell ; Forces affecting caring by physicians / Eric J. Cassell ; Caring and medical education / Kenneth M. Ludmerer and Renée C. Fox ; Caring in institutional settings / Mathy Mezey and Claire Fagin ; Home- and community-based care : toward a caring paradigm / Robyn I. Stone ; Caring and community-based voluntary organizations / Linda K. George -- Assessments of caring. Appraising the success of caring / Alvan R. Feinstein ; The politics of caring / Robert H. Binstock.

In this book, clinician Cluff and social scientist Binstock bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals, families, communities, and society.--From publisher description.

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