The lost art of caring : a challenge to health professionals, families, communities, and society / edited by Leighton E. Cluff and Robert H. Binstock.
Material type: TextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.Description: xxi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- 0801865913
- 9780801865916
- 9780801874437
- 0801874432
- Care of the sick
- Medical care
- Nursing home care
- Terminal care
- Patient Care
- Caregivers -- psychology
- Empathy
- Soins aux malades
- Soins médicaux
- Soins infirmiers à domicile
- Soins en phase terminale
- Care of the sick
- Medical care
- Nursing home care
- Terminal care
- Krankenpflege
- Mitgefühl
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Medizinische Versorgung
- Sozialethik
- 362.1023 CLU 21
- RT42 .L67 2001
- 2001 H-991
- W 84.1
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.