To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill - Couverture souple

Mermann, Alan C.

 
9781573926669: To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1573926663 ISBN 13 : 9781573926669
Editeur : Humanity Books, 1999

Synopsis

A topic considered taboo since the Victorian Age—how we die—is now a subject of open discussion, theological pronouncement, ethical argument, and legislative debate. There are many opinions about choices offered and actions taken. Morality; professional duty and responsibility; costs in money, time, and resources; the harsh realities of suffering, pain, and sorrow - these various factors influence our prejudices, expectations, and decisions about ourselves and those for whom we accept the final responsibility of care and, often, of decisions about living and dying.

This book is a study of the ways persons experience serious and life-threatening illnesses, the types of suffering they experience, and ways we can understand their lives. Mermann describes a course at the Yale School of Medicine that uses patients as teachers for students, helping them learn the impact of disease upon the whole person. He covers suffering in body, mind, and spirit. The book also discusses the hopes and the means for a fully realized life for the professional health care provider through compassionate care of the sick.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan C. Mermann is currently Chaplain and Professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. Mermann is a member of the Yale-New Haven Bioethics Committee, a chair of the Pediatric Ethics Committee, and a member of the Admissions Committee at Yale School of Medicine. He is also the author of Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague, also published by Humanity Books.

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Éditeur
Humanity Books
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1573926663
ISBN 13 
9781573926669
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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gpsr@libri.de

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1573926671 ISBN 13 :  9781573926676
Editeur : Prometheus Books, 1999
Couverture rigide