The Nature of Healing
Author | : Eric J. Cassell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195369052 |
ISBN-13 | : 019536905X |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In this book, Eric Cassell explores what sickness is, what persons are, and how to understand function and its impairments. He explains healing skills and actions, as well as the nature of healing for sick and suffering patients. This book concludes with a discussion of the moral basis of the relationship between patient and healer. explores what sickness is, what persons are, and how to understand function and its impairments. He explains healing skills and actions, as well as the nature of healing for sick and suffering patients. This book concludes with a discussion of the moral basis of the relationship between patient and healer, as well as the goals of healing.