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

Mermann, Alan C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1573926671 ISBN 13 : 9781573926676

Editeur : Prometheus 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; and, 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. This book also discusses the hopes and the means for a fully realised life for the professional health care provider through compassionate care of the sick.

A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prometheus Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1573926671
• ISBN 13: 9781573926676
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible