The Lost Art of Caring: A Challenge to Health Professionals, Families, Communities, and SocietyLeighton E. Cluff, Robert H. Binstock JHU Press, 2001 M05 7 - 288 pages In The Lost Art of Caring, Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., and Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., 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. |
Contents
Vulnerability and Illness | 11 |
Who Needs Caring? | 25 |
Caring and Mental Illness | 71 |
A History of Caring in Medicine | 77 |
Forces Affecting Caring by Physicians | 104 |
Caring and Medical Education | 125 |
Caring in Institutional Settings | 137 |
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